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July 7, 2006
Andrew Bergh: Client can sue ex-lawyer for extra-long sentence
Clint Powell spent over 20 months in the slammer.
But there was one big problem: Powell had pleaded guilty to a drug charge carrying a maximum sentence of only 12 months. The upshot? A legal malpractice suit against the lawyers who handled his defense.
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