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After hearing three days of testimony in the Wyoming State Barâs disciplinary case against former Teton County deputy prosecutor Becket Hinckley, a bar panel found Hinckley violated seven rules of professional conduct and will recommend to the Wyoming Supreme Court that he be disbarred.
âI take no pleasure in this,â presiding officer and former Albany County judge Jeffrey Donnell said. âI have known Mr. Hinckley since he was 6 years old. This is a real tragedy.â
In his closing statements Wednesday, bar counsel Mark Gifford said Hinckley deserves to be stripped of his law license.
Steve Kline, whoâs representing Hinckley, said a three-year suspension of his clientâs license to practice law is more appropriate because before his âscrew upsâ in the prosecution of Josh Black, there had been no formal complaints lodged against Hinckley.
CASPER â After spending years in prison and getting his criminal conviction overturned, Josh Black is back in the courtroom, but this time itâs Becket Hinckley whoâs in the hot seat.
Black, 41, testified Monday as the star witness in the disciplinary hearing against Hinckley, the former Teton County deputy prosecutor whoâs being taken to task for a laundry list of alleged misconduct during Blackâs 2015 aggravated assault trial.
âI am not going to get anything out of this,â Black said during his testimony Monday. âThe only reason I am here is . justice isnât just one-sided. The other side affects someone else too.â