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HOWARTH v. STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER AGENCY

No. S-4333.

925 P.2d 1330 (1996)

William HOWARTH, Sr., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, PUBLIC DEFENDER AGENCY and Edward J. Welch, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Donohue, William J. Donohue, P.C., Anchorage, and C.R. Kennelly, Stepovich, Kennelly & Stepovich, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellant.

Venable Vermont, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Charles E. Cole, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees.

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

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

William Howarth appeals from the superior court's grant of summary judgment against him in a malpractice suit which he brought against his former attorney, Edward Welch, and the Public Defender Agency.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Howarth was arrested and charged with the first degree sexual assault of L.M. on May 30, 1981. Welch, an employee of the Public Defender Agency, was assigned to represent him...

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