CRIST, Judge.
Legal malpractice.
Summary judgment for lawyer affirmed.
Appellant (plaintiff) was found guilty by a jury of two counts of murder in the second degree and assault with intent to do great bodily harm. Respondent (lawyer) represented plaintiff in that trial. Lawyer filed a motion for new trial on plaintiff's behalf forty-six days after sentencing. Rule 27.20(a) required that a motion for new trial had to be filed within forty days to preserve...
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