Showing posts with label supreme court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label supreme court. Show all posts

Monday, February 11, 2008

Supreme Court Referee: Hurley Didn’t Break Ethics Rules

A prominent defense attorney did nothing wrong when he tricked a boy out of his laptop computer to gather evidence, a state Supreme Court referee said Tuesday.

Stephen Hurley reasonably chose to use a ruse to get potentially exculpatory evidence, referee Judith Sperling-Newton wrote, noting that Wisconsin’s rules prohibiting lawyers from engaging in dishonesty and fraud are vague.

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Friday, August 31, 2007

Private Eye Takes the Stand in Ex-FBI Agent’s Murder Inquiry

The private investigator whose work triggered the indictment of a retired FBI agent took the stand yesterday in Brooklyn Supreme Court as defense attorneys again tried to impugn the information that formed the basis of the former G-man’s murder charges.