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Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Defendant-Appellant
Brief of Amici Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Electronic Frontier Foundation as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant’s Petition for Review
Brief of Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, the Sentencing Project, the Gault Center, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Prison Policy Initiative in Support of Respondents Joao Neves, Keith Nunes, Pablo Ortega, and Mario Monteiro.
Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, (ACLUM) Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL), and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent.
Brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Petitioner
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, FAMM, and Federal Public Defenders and Community Defenders for the Judicial Districts of the Third Circuit in Support of Appellant and Reversal
Brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent
The Amicus Curiae Committee provides amicus assistance on the federal and state level in those cases that present issues of importance to criminal defendants, criminal defense lawyers, and/or the criminal justice system as a whole. It operates according to these program protocols, mission statement, and roster.
Brief of Amici Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant and Reversal
Brief for Amicus Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner
NACDL files amicus briefs in federal and state courts across the nation in those cases that present issues of importance to criminal defendants, criminal defense lawyers, and/or the criminal legal system as a whole. NACDL is one of the most successful of the frequent amicus contributors to the nation’s state and federal courts, in part because NACDL draws upon the collected expertise of the nation’s criminal defense bar.
Brief for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Cato Institute, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner
Amicus Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Tenth Circuit Federal Defenders for the Districts of Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Utah in Support of the Appellant’s Petition for Rehearing En Banc