Amicus Briefs Filed in 2007

The Amicus Curiae Committee’s mission is to provide 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. Membership in NACDL is not a prerequisite either for amicus assistance from the Committee, or for authorship of an NACDL amicus brief.

 

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Begay v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petitioner.

Boulware v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of petitioner.

Boumediene v. Bush

Amicus curiae brief of the Coaltion of Non-Governmental Organizations, including the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, arguing that the habeas-stripping provisions of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, Pub.L. No. 109-366, violate the Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Bowles v. Russell

NACDL amicus brief in support of petitioner.

Brendlin v. California

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Federal Defenders.

Cuellar v. United States

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of certiorari.

Gall v. United States & Kimbrough v.United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense lawyers.

Gonzalez v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Federal Defenders in support of petitioner.

Hrasky v. United States

NACDL amicus brief in support of the petition for certiorari.

Kennedy v. Louisiana

NACDL amicus curiae brief in support of certiorari.

Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Association of Federal Defenders and National College for DUI Defense in support of Petitioner.

Roper v. Weaver

NACDL amicus brief in support of respondent.

Scott v. Harris

NACDL amicus brief in support of respondent, arguing that police officer violated the plaintiff's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable seizure when office intentionally collided with plaintiff's vehicle during high speed chase.

United States v. Rodriquez

NACDL amicus curiae brief in support of respondent.

United States v. Santos

Arguing, inter alia, that the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals’ interpretation of the term “proceeds” as limited to profits is consistent with congressional intent and necessary to prevent defendants from inappropriately being punished twice (and more severely) for the same conduct.

United States v. W.R. Grace

Amicus curiae brief in support of defendant-appellees’ petition for rehearing en banc. 

Uttecht v. Brown

NACDL amicus curiae brief in support of Respondent. The issue involves whether the Ninth Circuit properly granted habeas relief in a capital case on the ground that the state trial court improperly ruled that a juror who expressed misgivings about the death penalty but repeatedly said he could follow the law was not “death qualified.”

Virginia v. Moore

NACDL amicus curiae brief in support of respondent.

Watson v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.