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SHAW v. STATE, DEPT. OF ADMIN.

Nos. S-4933, S-5010.

861 P.2d 566 (1993)

John J. SHAW, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, Public Defender Agency, and David C. Backstrom, Respondents. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, Public Defender Agency, and David C. Backstrom, Petitioners, v. John J. SHAW, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 8, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Paskvan, Hoppner & Paskvan, Fairbanks, for petitioner-respondent John J. Shaw.

Randy M. Olsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fairbanks, Charles E. Cole, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for respondents-petitioners State of Alaska, Dept. of Admin., Public Defender Agency, and David C. Backstrom.

Before MOORE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, BURKE, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

These petitions raise several questions arising out of a legal malpractice action brought by a criminal defendant against his attorney. First, we address at what time prejudgment interest in a legal malpractice action brought against a criminal defense attorney begins to accrue. Second, we address the question whether innocence or actual guilt of the plaintiff in the legal malpractice action is relevant. If so, we must further...

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