TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 12, 2017
Shelby County attorney Samuel Lee Perkins was publicly censured on Monday by the Board of Professional Responsibility. Perkins failed to timely file a Motion for New Trial for his criminal client, which prohibited the client from raising issues on appeal other than insufficiency of the evidence. Over five years later, the client’s petition for post-conviction relief was granted. The delay caused injury to his client and to the administration of justice. 
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