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Brief Of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, Bronx Defenders, Cato Institute, Center for Appellate Litigation, Center on The Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School Of Law, Legal Aid Society, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Police Accountability Project, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York State Chief Defenders Association, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Office of the Appellate Defender Supporting Reversal.
Brief Of The Rutherford Institute And National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers As Amici Curiae In Support Of Petitioner.
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, and American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California in Support of the Petition for Rehearing En Banc.
Brief of the National and New York State Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in support of plaintiff-appellant and reversal.
Brief for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of George Alvarez.