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Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellee.
Brief of Amici Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the American Board of Criminal Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant John Wilson and Reversal.
Order Granting Compassionate Release
Order (Feb. 26, 2021)
Motion (Aug. 31, 2021)
Attorney-client communications federal caselaw and state-specific anecdotal data in New Hampshire
Attorney-client communications federal caselaw and state-specific anecdotal data in Rhode Island
Attorney-client communications federal caselaw and state-specific anecdotal data in Puerto Rico
Attorney-client communications federal caselaw and state-specific anecdotal data in Massachusetts
Attorney-client communications federal caselaw and state-specific anecdotal data in Maine
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Memorandum of Law Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendants.
The First Circuit affirmed Urciuoli's conviction, after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Skilling, on the basis of Skilling itself and other grounds. The Court held that “this case is the core bribery offense preserved by Skilling.”
Corrected Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees and Affirmance.
Amicus curiae brief of ACLU Rhode Island, ACLU of Puerto Rico, ACLU of Maine, ACLU of Massachusetts, New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, Office of the Federal Defender for the Districts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Rhode Island Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico (also known as the Puerto Rico Bar Association) in support of Jason Wayne Pleau and supporting reversal of the decision below.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Appellant Tarek Mehanna and reversal of his conviction.
Brief of Amicus Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
