Tyree v. Hendrix

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a complaint alleging legal malpractice. Plaintiff, James Irvin Tyree, was convicted in a criminal action in which he had been represented by defendant, Douglas Hendrix, at an early stage of the proceedings. Tyree alleges two actions by Hendrix as constituting malpractice: that Hendrix erroneously told him that the maximum sentence he could receive under the indictment was fifteen years, when in fact it was thirty; and that Hendrix failed to file a demurrer to the portion of the indictment setting out a prior conviction of possession of controlled…