Legal Opinion
Guyton v. Hunt
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided July 23, 2010No. 2090063PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Application for Rehearing
2Per curiam
The opinion of April 9, 2010, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor.
This is a legal-malpractice case. Dennis Guyton, ■ an inmate in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections, appeals from the summary judgment entered in favor of one of his attorneys, Scott Hunt. Guyton initially appealed this case to the Alabama Supreme Court, which transferred the case to this court pursuant to § 12-2-7(6), Ala.Code 1975.
The record indicates the following. Guyton was convicted of sodomy and sexual abuse of a child younger than 12 years old. Guyton…
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