Legal Opinion
Lerma v. Pecorino
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 6, 1992No. 01-91-00095-CVPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TREVATHAN, Chief Justice.
This Court is asked to determine whether the trial court properly granted a summary judgment in a legal malpractice case. We find that it did and affirm the judgment. Background
In May 1987, appellee, Vic Pecorino, was appointed by the 28rd District Court in Brazoria, County Texas to represent appellant, Moisés Lerma Jr., in his criminal prosecution for the murder of a fellow inmate. Pecorino was also appointed as appellate counsel following Lerma’s conviction for murder on May 17, 1987.
On March 29, 1990, nearly three years later, Lerma filed a legal malpractice…
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