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NACDL is committed to enhancing the capacity of the criminal defense bar to safeguard fundamental constitutional rights.
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NACDL envisions a society where all individuals receive fair, rational, and humane treatment within the criminal legal system.
NACDL’s mission is to serve as a leader, alongside diverse coalitions, in identifying and reforming flaws and inequities in the criminal legal system, and redressing systemic racism, and ensuring that its members and others in the criminal defense bar are fully equipped to serve all accused persons at the highest level.
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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.
Presented by Rene Valladares, Federal Public Defender for the District of Nevada
The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Objections with Rene Valladares
The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Hearsay Part II presented by Rene Valladares
The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Hearsay Part I presented by Rene Valladares
Presented by Rene Valladares, Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada
The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Character Evidence and Impeachment Part II presented by Rene Valladares
The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Character Evidence and Impeachment Part I presented by Rene Valladares
Rene Valladares provides a roadmap for identifying and developing strategies for the evidence issues all defense lawyers face – including a framework to addressing relevance/prejudice, character/bad acts, privileges, opinion testimony, and more!
Making objections is an essential part of defending clients and protecting their rights. To combat the daunting nature of objections, defense lawyers should be familiar with the objections they are most likely to encounter. Rene L. Valladares and Hannah Nelson provide practitioners with a primer on the top 20 objections. A useful flowchart and quick reference guides accompany the article.
With one suggestion for improvement, NACDL supports the proposed amendments to Fed.R.App.P. 35 and 40, which would consolidate and clarify the procedures governing petitions for panel or en banc rehearing, as well as petitions for initial en banc consideration.
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is pleased to submit our comments on the proposed amendments to Rules 611, 613, 804 and 1006 of the Federal Rules of Evidence.
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is pleased to submit our comments with respect to the proposed changes in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is pleased to submit our comments with respect to the proposed changes in the Federal Rules of Evidence.
Criminal Local Rule 32.1.8 creates special provisions governing the submission of motions for departure under U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 and related written material. NACDL members often represent cooperating witnesses who may want the details of their “substantial assistance” kept out of the public eye, but our members also often represent the defendants against whom “cooperators” testify, and who therefore have an interest in disclosure of and readier access to such information. …we do believe that our following comments are even-handed and fair-minded, not a case of special pleading.