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Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Defenders Association, Immigrant Defense Project, Regional Immigration Assistance Center 1–Western NY, Regional Immigration Assistance Center 2–Central NY, Regional Immigration Assistance Center 3–Northern NY, Regional Immigration Assistance Center 4–Hudson Valley, Regional Immigration Assistance Center 5–Nyc, New York County Defender Services, the Legal Aid Society, and Brooklyn Defender Services in Support of Defendant-Appellant Marco Martinez and in Support of Reversing the Decision of the County Court
Brief for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., in Support of Appellant’s Petition for Rehearing en Banc
Brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner-Appellant.
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.
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,
Joint amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, and The Constitution Project.
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner (on petition for a writ of certiorari).