Dorsey v. Purvis

Pro se appellant brought suit against his former attorney (appellee) for negligent legal malpractice and breach of contract arising from attorney's representation of appellant in a criminal prosecution resulting in conviction and a fifty-year sentence. The judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. Dorsey v. State,451 So.2d 1378 (Ala.Crim.App. 1984).

This appeal comes to us on pro se brief of appellant and no brief of appellee.

As we can best determine from appellant's brief, he contends that the trial court erred in the following (1) by not awarding damages…