When lawyer Stephen Hurley was defending a businessman on charges of sexually assaulting a boy and possessing child pornography, he used a ruse to obtain the boy's computer to aid his case. Now, state regulators want the Wisconsin Supreme Court to scold Hurley for the hoax. "There are limits to zealous advocacy," says one attorney. The case illustrates what the American Bar Association says has been a major debate in legal circles in recent years: Can lawyers ethically participate in covert activities?
March 26, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When a prominent lawyer was defending a businessman on charges of sexually assaulting a boy and possessing child pornography, he used a ruse to obtain the boy’s computer to aid his case.
Now, state regulators want the Wisconsin Supreme Court to scold the lawyer for the hoax. Stephen Hurley hired a private investigator to trick the boy into swapping his computer for a new laptop.
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