Piper v. Popp

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals filed May 17,1990, affirming a judgment of the Jefferson County Circuit Court, Willis J. Zick, Circuit Judge, against the defendant Timothy Popp in the amount of $486,311.67. In our order granting the defendant's petition for review, we limited review to the sole question of "whether an indigent prisoner is entitled to appointment of counsel to represent him in defense of a civil [tort] action."

We conclude that the defendant in this case had no constitutional right to appointment of counsel, and therefore we affirm the…