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On behalf of NACDL, we write to address the need to amend Rule 17 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to allow the parties to issue subpoenas for documents and tangible items to third parties without leave of Court. … The current Rule 17 is ambiguous in critical respects, leading to disparate application that threatens the ability of defense counsel to adequately investigate, develop, and present available defenses, and thus to provide the level of assistance required by the Constitution.
[Referring to the Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection, and Online Monitoring (USA FREEDOM) Act (H.R. 3361 / S. 1599, 2013)] All of the undersigned organizations believed the original version of the USA Freedom Act introduced in both the House and the Senate was an important step towards comprehensive reform. However, we are very concerned about the changes made to the bill in the House and the breadth of the surveillance that the bill could abusively be read to authorize.
Brief for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National Association of Federal Defenders in Support of Petitioner.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in support of Respondent.
Brief of Juvenile Law Center, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. as amici curiae in Support of Appellee Edwin Ike Mares (full list of amici in appendix to linked brief).
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Families Against Mandatory Minimums as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner.
Brief of Amici Curiae Immigrant Defense Project, Detention Watch Network, Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Immigration Law Center, and National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild in Support of Petitioner’s Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc.
