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HERRERA v. SEDILLO

No. 9419.

740 P.2d 1190 (1987)

106 N.M. 206

Mariano H. HERRERA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Raul A. SEDILLO, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

July 14, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Beam, Mark Shapiro, Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jonathan E. Zorn, Butt, Thornton and Baehr, P.C., Albuquerque, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

MINZNER, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from summary judgment in an action for legal malpractice. The district court found defendant immune from suit under the Public Defender Act, see NMSA 1978, Sections 31-15-1 to 31-15-12 (Repl.Pamp. 1984 & Cum.Supp. 1986), and the Indigent Defense Act, see NMSA 1978, Sections 31-16-1 to 31-16-10 (Repl.Pamp. 1984). We affirm.

Defendant represented plaintiff in a criminal case in 1983. Plaintiff...

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