Gomez v. Peters

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that malpractice plaintiff precluded from maintaining action where he has pled guilty
• finding that malpractice plaintiff precluded from maintaining action where he has pled guilty
• “[A] client who has acknowledged his guilt cannot assert that his attorney’s poor performance caused his incarceration.”
• \[A] client who has acknowledged his guilt cannot assert that his attorney's poor performance caused his incarceration.\
• where the underlying action is a criminal trial, the plaintiff is precluded from bringing a legal malpractice claim if he has pled guilty
• where the underlying action is a criminal trial, the plaintiff is precluded from bringing a legal malpractice claim if he has pled guilty

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Coscia v. McKenna & Cuneo
  California Supreme Court· 2001-07-02· cited 165×
• Gibson v. Trant
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-10-05· cited 119×
• Berringer v. Steele
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2000-08-31· cited 51×
• Humphries v. DETCH
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2011-06-22· cited 34×
• Schreiber v. Rowe
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-03-21· cited 24×
• Brown v. Theos
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-07-23· cited 20×
• Rosenberg v. Shostak
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2013-03-12· cited 14×
• Rowe v. Schreiber
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-01-27· cited 13×
• Brown v. Theos
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-12-20· cited 10×
• McKnight v. Public Defender Office
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2007-12-31· cited 6×
• Nicholson v. Shafe
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-11-10· cited 3×
• Johnie N. Gibson v. Douglas Trant
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-06-13
• Gibson v. Trant
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-03-29
• Mark O'Hara Wright v. Andrew C. Graves, Esq.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-10-17

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Carmel v. Lunney
  New York Court of Appeals· 1987-07-09· cited 147×
• McDow v. Dixon
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-04-06· cited 43×
• Hockett v. Breunig
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1988-08-08· cited 40×
• Kent v. Kent
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-01-30· cited 36×
• Hogan v. Peters
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-02-03· cited 10×
• Adams v. Hill
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-01-13· cited 7×
• McKinnon v. Shoemaker
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-04-07· cited 4×