Stephens v. Denison
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUCKINGHAM, Judge.
Thomas Stephens was convicted of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and of being a first-degree persistent felony offender (PFO I) and was sentenced to twenty years in prison following a jury trial in the Bullitt Circuit Court. He claims that his predicament was caused by the legal malpractice of the attorney representing him, Timothy Denison. Stephens filed a malpractice claim against Denison in the Jefferson Circuit Court, but the court granted Denison’s summary judgment motion. We affirm.
A Bullitt County grand jury initially indicted Stephens for the offense…
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