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Challenging defects in an Indictment or Information is a great way to compel specificity and fair notice and to help defense counsel understand the prosecution’s theory. Raising the challenge as a pretrial motion helps to focus on issues relevant to defense counsel’s investigation as well as in the presentation of the case in negotiations, trial, and appeal.
On November 6, 2019, funded by a grant from Vital Strategies, NACDL hosted Defending Drug Overdose Homicides in Pennsylvania. This day-long program featured local and national speakers sharing insights and understandings regarding the complexities of drug overdose homicide prosecutions.
Comments to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding proposed amendments to Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Petitioner.
