AG's office reports roughly $1.11 million in compensation for man whose 2015 conviction was overturned
The Attorney General's Office reported the court awarded Christopher Dale Lyman $614,205 for wrongful imprisonment and $498,077 in attorneys' fees, for a combined payout of about $1,114,000, to be paid from the tort claims fund; the council received the required report and took no action.
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Robert Hutchinson, counsel in the Attorney General's Office, summarized the wrongful-conviction judgment involving Christopher Dale Lyman, whose 2015 convictions were later overturned. Hutchinson said Lyman was convicted in 2015 of first-degree murder and child abuse in a 2013 death; appellate review found ineffective assistance of counsel and withheld evidence related to an expert witness, and the prosecution declined to retry the case.
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