Legal Opinion
Dalton Trigg v. Steven Farese, Sr.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 2018No. 2015-CA-00045-SCTPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ISHEE, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. Dalton Trigg and his father, Dr. Stephen Trigg, sued Dalton's former criminal-defense attorney, Steven Farese Sr., alleging professional malpractice. The Lafayette County Circuit Court held that the claims were premature because Dalton had not yet secured postconviction relief from the underlying conviction, and it dismissed the complaint without prejudice.
¶ 2. This case presents the question of whether a convicted criminal may sue his former defense attorney for negligently causing him to be convicted while that conviction still stands. We join the…
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