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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.
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.
Federal sentencing/Burden of proof. Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Federal Defenders and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
In The United States Court of Appeals For The Third Circuit: Lee v. Glunt, Superintendent, etc., et al. Brief for Appellant Lee
Brief of Proposed Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Brief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Opposition to Government’s Motion for Reconsideration.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer and Federal Public and Community Defenders of the Third Circuit in support of appellee on rehearing en banc.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support defendant-appellee.
Brief on rehearing en banc for Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of appellant.
Joint Amicus curiae brief of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, the ACLU Foundation of Pennsylvania, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of affirmance of the district court.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant and Suggesting Reversal.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of appellant.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers As Amicus Curiae In Support of the Petition for Rehearing by the Panel or by the En Banc Court.
Brief and Appendix of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Supporting Appellee-Cross-Appellant Defender Association of Philadelphia.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant and Urging Reversal.