Hogan v. Peters

Carley, Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff was indicted for the offenses of murder, rape, burglary, and forgery and he was scheduled for trial with the State set to seek the death penalty. Pursuant to a plea bargain, however, appellant pleaded guilty to murder, burglary, and forgery and received a sentence of life plus thirty years. The rape count was nolle prossed. Appellant then filed the instant civil action against appellee-defendant, the attorney who had represented him in the criminal case. Appellant alleged appellee’s “legal malpractice, unlawful representation, and conspiracy.” The trial court…