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Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Legal Aid & Defender Association, National Association for Public Defense, and New York University School of Law Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellees and Affirmance.
Joint Application of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, the California Public Defender Association, the National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the New York Legal Aid Society, the Innocence Project, Inc., the New York County Defender Services, the Federal Defenders Office for the Eastern District Of California, the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office, and the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association to Appear as Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Real Party in Interest Pina Pursuant to California Rule of Court, Rule 8.520 (F), and Brief in Support of Real Party in Interest Pina.
NACDL files amicus briefs in federal and state courts across the nation in those cases that present issues of importance to criminal defendants, criminal defense lawyers, and/or the criminal legal system as a whole. NACDL is one of the most successful of the frequent amicus contributors to the nation’s state and federal courts, in part because NACDL draws upon the collected expertise of the nation’s criminal defense bar.
The Amicus Curiae Committee provides 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. It operates according to these program protocols, mission statement, and roster.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellee Bruce Silva
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Brief of the Due Process Institute and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Brief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Cato Institute, Due Process Institute, FAMM, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioners.
Brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioner
Brief for Amicus Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner
Brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent
Brief of Amici Curiae Due Process Institute and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner-Appellant and Supporting Reversal
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants
Brief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Illinois, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Mr. Redmond and Mr. Molina
Brief of Amici Curiae the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner