Amicus Briefs Filed in 2021

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.

Al-Hela v. Biden

Brief Amicus Curiae of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers In Support of Petitioner-Appellant.

Caniglia v. Strom

Brief Amicus Curiae of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Criminal Procedure Professors in Support of Petitioner.

Cody v. United States

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Due Process Institute as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner (On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari).

Concepcion v. United States

Brief of FAMM, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the National Association of Federal Defenders as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner.

Denezpi v. United States

Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner.

Farhane v. United States

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner-Appellant.

Florida v. Garcia

Brief of Amici CuriaeAmerican Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Greer v. United States

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner.

Gurrola v. Duncan

Brief Of Amici Curiae The Dkt Liberty Project, The Cato Institute, Collateral Consequences Resource Center, Clause 40 Foundation, Law Enforcement Action Partnership, The Macarthur Justice Center, The R Street Institute, The Sentencing Project, And The National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers In Support Of Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Hammoud v. Ma’at

Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner-Appellant.

Haws v. Idaho

Brief for Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support Of Petitioner (on petition for writ of certiorari).

Hemphill v. State of New York

Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers In Support Of Petitioner.

Houston v. United States

Brief Amicus Curiae of National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers In Support Of Petitioner (on petitioner for a writ of certiorari).

Jarvis v. United States

Brief of FAMM and NACDL as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner (On Petition for Writ of Certiorari).

Jimenez v. United States

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant.

League of Women Voters of Penn. V. Degraffenreid

Brief for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellees.

McCallum v. Italy

Amicus Curiae to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.

New Jersey v. Terres

Brief of Amici Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers—New Jersey.

Osby v. United States

Brief of Amici Curiae Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Dream Corps Justice, and the R Street Institute in Support of Petitioner.

Ruan v. United States; Kahn v. United States

Brief of Amicus Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioners

Smith v. Maryland

Brief in Support of Appellant of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, and the Innocence Network.

Sumpter v. Kansas

Amicus Brief in support of Petitioner-Appellee and Cross-Appellant by National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Sutton v. United States

Brief of FAMM and NACDL as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner (On Petition for Writ of Certiorari).

Terry v. United States

Brief of Retired Federal Judges, Former Federal Prosecutors, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner.

Thompson v. Clark

Brief of National, State, and Local Civil Rights, Racial Justice, and Criminal Defense Organizations as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner.

Thompson v. Clark

Brief of National, State, and Local Civil Rights, Racial Justice, and Criminal Defense Organizations as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner (on petition for a writ of certiorari).

Tuggle v. United States

Brief of Amici Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, Brennan Center for Justice, Center for Democracy & Technology, Electronic Privacy Information Center, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner (On Petition for Writ of Certiorari).

United States v. B.G.G.

Brief for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Cato Institute in Support of Appellee and Urging Affirmance.

United States v. Bass

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent.

United States v. Blaszczak

Brief for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Reversal.

United States v. Cooley

Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Respondent.

United States v. Davis

Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant’s Petition for Rehearing or Rehearing En Banc.

United States v. Davita

Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss.

United States v. Dubin

Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant and Reversal.

United States v. Gary

Brief of National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support Of Respondent.

United States v. Gear

Brief Amici Curiae of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies in Support of Defendant-Appellant’s Petition for Rehearing En Banc.

United States v. Hunter

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent.

United States v. Lindberg

Brief for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (“NACDL”) in Support of Defendants-Appellants.

United States v. Martinez

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant.

United States v. Palomar-Santiago

Brief for Amicus Curiae National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of the Respondent.

United States v. Perez-Perez

Amicus Brief in support of Defendant-Appellant’s petition for rehearing en banc by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies.

United States v. Tsarnaev

Brief of American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Inc., National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Rutherford Institute as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent.

United States v. Weaver

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York Council of Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant.