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Joint amicus curiae brief (submitted with motion for leave to file on Feb. 2, 2009) of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the New York State Defenders Association, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and the Union for Reform Judaism.
Brief Amici Curiae for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Joint amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Brief dated February 2, 2010. Joint amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the New York State Bar Association, the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the New York County Lawyers’ Association, Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham University School of Law,
Amicus curiae brief of The Sentencing Project, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, The Women's Prison Association, Legal Action Center, The Fortune Society, Bronx Defenders, Center for Community Alternatives, Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants, Justice Policy Institute, Souther Tier Advocacy & Mitigation Project, Inc., Parolee Human Rights Project of the New York City AIDS Housing Network, Advocare, Inc., ...
Brief of Amici Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant.
Brief for Amici Curiae the New York State Defenders Association, Inc., New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al., including Immigrant Defense Project (complete list of amici is available in appendix to brief linked above).
Brief for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Brief for Amici Curiae [National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Innocence Project, American Civil Liberties Union, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Legal Aid Society, Bronx Defenders, Center for Appellate Litigation, Office of the Appellate Defender, and Chief Defenders Association of New York] in Support of Respondent
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellants.
Brief of Brooklyn Defender Services, The Legal Aid Society, The Bronx Defenders, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Chief Defenders Association of New York as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant.
Brief for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Chief Defenders Association of New York in Support of Defendant-Appellant.
Brief for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
