TYREE v. HENDRIX

No. 83-1263.

480 So.2d 1176 (1985)

James Irvin TYREE v. Douglas HENDRIX.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Irvin Tyree, pro se.

Douglas Hendrix, Tuscaloosa, pro se.


ALMON, Justice.

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...

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