Amicus Briefs Filed in 2020

The Amicus Curiae Committee’s mission is to provide amicus assistance on the federal and state level in those cases that present issues of importance to criminal defendants, criminal defense lawyers, and/or the criminal justice system as a whole. Membership in NACDL is not a prerequisite either for amicus assistance from the Committee, or for authorship of an NACDL amicus brief.

Abdur'Rahman v. Tennessee

Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellee.

Alasaad v. Wolf

Corrected Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees and Affirmance.

Attorney General Maura Healey v. Facebook, Inc.

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent-Appellant Facebook.

Baughman v. Virginia

Brief of the National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Delegate Patrick A. Hope as Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for Appeal.

Birt v. United States

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner.

Booth v. Galveston

Brief for Harris County Public Defender, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo*, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Precinct 1* and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees (*as elected officials and not on behalf of Harris County government).

Borden v. United States

Brief for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner.

Brown v. Lumpkin

Brief of Amicus Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner’s Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Order.

Clarington v. State

Brief of Amicus Curiae for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Florida Public Defender Association.

Daniels v. Taylor

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.

Davis v. Washington

Brief Amicus Curiae The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner (in support of petition for writ of certiorari).

Edwards v. Vannoy

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner.

Friend v. Indiana

Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner (in support of petition for writ of certiorari).

Georgiou v. United States

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner (On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari).

Gonzalez v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Brief of National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Immigration Clinic, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Washington Defender Association, Brooklyn Defender Services, Bronx Defenders, and Immigrant Defense Project as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellees and Cross-Appellants Gerardo Gonzalez, et al.

Hemphill v. New York

Brief Of Amicus Curiae National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petition for Writ of Certiorari.

Jones v. Mississippi

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Mississippi Office of the State Public Defender, and Mississippi Public Defenders Association In Support of Petitioner.

Kendricks v. Parris

Brief Of Amici Curiae The Tennessee Innocence Project, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner.

Kousisis v. United States

Brief of Amici Curiae the Cato Institute, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, and Due Process Institute in Support of Petitioner-Appellant.

Lange v. California

Brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner (On Merits).

Lange v. California

Brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner.

Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle v. Baltimore Police Department

Brief Of Amici Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, Brennan Center For Justice, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Freedomworks Foundation, National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers, And Rutherford Institute In Support Of Plaintiffs-Appellants’ Petition For Rehearing En Banc.

Lombardo v. City of St. Louis

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners. 

Lugo v. United States

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner (on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari).

Manzano v. United States

Brief Of The Cato Institute, FAMM Foundation, and National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner (in support of petition for writ of certiorari).

McCoy v. United States

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner (on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari).

McGirt v. Oklahoma

Brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in support of petitioner.

Missouri v. Johnson

Brief of Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL) and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer (NACDL) as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant and Intervenor.

Moore v. Stirling

Brief Amicus Curiae of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner (On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari).

Ohio v. Kinney

Brief of Amicus Curiae, Office of the Ohio Public Defender [and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers] in Support of Appellant, David C. Kinney, Jr.

Onley v. United States

Brief of Amici Curiae Public Defender Service and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant.

Ortega Campoverde v. Warden, York County Prison et al.

Brief of Amici Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Center for Legal and Evidence-Based Practices in Support of Appellant Julio Cesar Ortega Campoverde.

People v. Donthe Lucas

Brief of Amici Curiae Colorado Criminal Defense Bar and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Defendant-Petitioner. 

Pereida v. Barr

Brief for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National Association of Federal Defenders in Support of Petitioner.

Smalls v. Collins

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.

South Carolina v. Robinson

Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner.

State v. Booker

Brief of the National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant.

State v. Jackson

Brief of Amici Curiae The American Civil Liberties Union, The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and The Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey.

TCDLA, et al. v. Abbott

Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Plaintiff

Taylor Lohmeyer Law Firm v. United States

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant (in support of petition for rehearing en banc).

Terry v. Stirling

Brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant and Reversal.

Torres v. Madrid

Brief Of The Rutherford Institute And National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers As Amici Curiae In Support Of Petitioner.

Tucker v. State of Idaho

Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.

United States v. Blaszczak

Brief for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petition for Rehearing or Rehearing En Banc.

United States v. Blaszczak

Brief for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners (in support of petition for writ of certiorari).

United States v. Briggs; United States v. Collins; United States v. Daniels

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents.

United States v. Bryant

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant Thomas Bryant, Jr., Supporting Reversal.

United States v. Collazo

 Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendants-Appellants.

United States v. Esformes

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant.

United States v. Flynn

Amicus Curiae Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant.

United States v. Jackson

Brief of Amici Curiae the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Due Process Institute, R Street Institute, and Americans for Prosperity Foundation in Support of Defendant/Cross-Appellee.

United States v. Keleher

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Memorandum of Law Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendants.

United States v. Maxwell

Brief of the Federal Public and Community Defenders for the Judicial Districts of the Sixth Circuit and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Reversal.

United States v. Pierucci (Hoskins)

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellee.

United States v. Raia

Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and FAMM in Support of Defendant/Appellee’s Petition for Rehearing and/or Rehearing En Banc.

United States v. Scott

Brief of Amici Curiae Defense Organizations in Support of Defendant-Appellee and Affirmance.

United States v. Sineneng-Smith

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National Association of Federal Defenders as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent. 

Van Buren v. United States

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner (on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari). 

Van Buren v. United States

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner. 

Vermont v. Sanville

Memorandum of Amici Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Vermont.

Walters v. Martin

Brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner-Appellant.

 

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