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Letter to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, except those related to criminal forfeiture.
Letter to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure regarding proposed rule changes to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Jury Instruction on Medicare Civil Rules and Regulations.
US District Court Middle District of Florida Orlando Division: United States of America v. Noor Zahi Salman.
NACDL amicus curiae brief in support of appellant.
Brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Ninth Circuit Federal Public and Community Defenders as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Respondent.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Association of Corporate Counsel, the National Association of Manufacturers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Washington Legal Foundation. Appeal from the criminal conviction of a shipping company for unlawful actions of the crew of one of its ships, over which the company had no direct control while on the high seas.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petition for certiorari; joint brief also filed in support of the petition in Brooks v. United States, No. 12-218.
Brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in support of Appellants.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant and Urging Reversal.
Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant’s Motion for Bail Pending Appeal.
Brief for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant.
Brief of Brooklyn Defender Services, The Legal Aid Society, The Bronx Defenders, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Chief Defenders Association of New York as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant.
