Recently PRACDL celebrated its 20th Anniversary and a plaque was given to each of the Charter Members who are still members.
PRACDL By Laws
PRACDL Board
- Johnny Rivera-GonzálezPresident
- Carlos M. Sánchez La CostaVice-President
- Diana López FelicianoSecretary
- Miguel OppenheimerTreasurer
- Jeannie M. Espada
- Leo Aldridge
- Kendys Pimentel
- Raúl Mariani-Franco
- Francisco Celedonio(Representing the Federal Public Defender, Eric Vos)
Past Presidents
- Joseph C. Laws, Jr.
- Jorge L. Arroyo Alejandro
- María H. Sandoval Ochoa
- Thomas R. Lincoln San Juan
- Mariángela Tirado-Vales
- Linda Backiel
- José L. Novas Debién
- Juan Matos de Juan
In the Beginning
For the Jury
- Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions for the District Courts of the First Circuit - 1997
- Fifth Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal) - 2001
- Seventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal) - 1998
- Eleventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal) - 2003
- Judge Hornby's 2012 Revisions to Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions for the District Courts of the First Circuit
Rules
The Feds
Categories
- 2255 (2)
- 6th Amendment (13)
- ACCA (1)
- Appellate Practice (10)
- Apprendi (4)
- Attorney's Fees (4)
- Bifurcation (4)
- Blakely (29)
- Blakely in the First Circuit (16)
- Booker & Fanfan (33)
- Booker Fix (3)
- Booker in the First (18)
- Books (1)
- BOP (12)
- Briefs (8)
- Capital Case (14)
- Cell Phones (2)
- Civil Rights (1)
- CJA (17)
- CLE (22)
- Confrontation Clause (3)
- Crack Cocaine Retroactivity (2)
- Criminal History (2)
- Current Affairs (10)
- Death Penalty (13)
- DNA (1)
- DOJ (8)
- Evidence (1)
- Evidentiary Hearing (1)
- Ex Post Facto (1)
- Experts (1)
- Eyewitness Identification (1)
- Federal Public Defender (1)
- Forfeiture (2)
- Fourth Amendment (1)
- Government Appeals (4)
- Grand Jury (2)
- Habeas - Relief Granted (2)
- Indictment (1)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (1)
- Judiciary (43)
- Jury (14)
- Justice Denied (1)
- Lawyer's Assistance Strike Force (1)
- Legal Ethics (5)
- Mandamus (1)
- Mandatory Minimums (6)
- Media Legal Distortions (1)
- NACDL (2)
- Nebbia Hearing (2)
- Offense Elements (2)
- Plain Error (8)
- PRACDL (28)
- PRACDL Blog (6)
- Pro Bono (1)
- Prosecutorial Misconduct (3)
- PSR (1)
- Reasonableness (4)
- Research (1)
- Retroactivity (2)
- Right to Counsel of Choice (2)
- Sentencing (36)
- Severability (1)
- Strike Force (1)
- Supervised Release (1)
- Taser Guns (2)
- The Champion (1)
- Trial Practice (3)
- USDC-PR (10)
- USSC (6)
- Web/Tech (2)
- Weblogs (15)
- White Collar Crime (1)
Search & Info
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Courts & Law
- Supreme Court of the United States
- US Courts - First Circuit
- US District Court - Puerto Rico
- US Courts Links
- US Courts - Forms
- US Pretrial Services - PR
- US Probation - PR
- U.S. Sentencing Commission
- CJA Login - PR
- CJA Guidelines
- Federal Public Defender-PR
- Rama Judicial de Puerto Rico
- US Attorneys' Manual
- THOMAS -- U.S. Congress
- The Third Branch | Newsletter of the Federal Judiciary
- Office of the Solicitor General
- OYEZ
- Law Library of Congress
- Codigo Penal de PR 2004
- US Supreme Court Cases & Opinions from Justia & US Court Forms & Oyez
- Colegio de Abogados de PR
- Sociedad para Asistencia Legal de PR
- First Circuit Rulebook
- Federal Rules of Evidence
- Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
- Federal Rules of Evidence 2010
Legal Ethics
- ABA Criminal Justice Standards
- ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
- Ben Cowgill's The Legal Ethics Blog
- Cánones de Ética Profesional de PR
- elawyering: Ethics Resources
- Law of Criminal Defense
- Legal Ethics Forum
- Legal Ethics Opinion Summaries
- NACDL Ethics Opinions
- On Being a Happy, Healthy, and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and Unethical Profession | by Patrick J. Schiltz (Vanderbilt Law Review)
Criminal Law
Capital Defense
- Capital Defense Network
- An Overview of the Federal Death Penalty Process - by Dick Burr, David Bruck & Kevin McNally
- Federal Capital Offenses
- Online Litigation Guides - from CapDefNet
- Capital Defense Weekly
- Resource Guide for Managing Capital Cases - Vol. I: Federal Death Penalty Trials
- Death Penalty Information Center
- Cornell Death Penalty Project
- The Innocence Project
- CODIS - FBI's Combined DNA Index System
Blogs & Other Links
- ACSBlog
- Animal Rights in Puerto Rico
- CrimProf Blog
- Eyewitness Identification Reform Blog
- Macondo Law
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
- Punch & Jurists - FedCrimLaw.com
- SCOTUSblog
- Sentencing Law and Policy
- TalkLeft | The Politics of Crime
- The Confrontation Blog
- The Federal Evidence Review Blog
- White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Blakely/Booker Resources
Opinions, Briefs & Oral Argument Transcripts
- Apprendi v. New Jersey
- Baze v. Rees - Brief for Petitioner
- Blakely v. Washington
- Blakely v. Washington Oral Argument
- Crawford v. Washington
- Crawford v. Washington Oral Argument
- Davis v. Washington, No. 05–5224 (June 19, 2006)
- Gall v. US
- Gall v. US - Brief for Petitioner
- Gall v. US - Brief for US
- Gall v. US - Reply Brief for Petitioner
- Gall v. US - Trans. Oral Argument
- Harris v. US
- Harris v. US Oral Argument
- Kimbrough v. US
- Kimbrough v. US - Brief for Petitioner
- Kimbrough v. US - Brief for US
- Kimbrough v. US - Reply Brief for Petitioner
- Kimbrough v. US - Trans. Oral Argument
- Mistreta v. United States
- Ring v. Arizona
- Ring v. Arizona Oral Argument
- Rita v. US, No. 06-5754
- Schriro v. Summerlin
- Schriro v. Summerlin Oral Argument
- US v. Booker & U.S. v. Fanfan
- US v. Booker & US v. Fanfan - Amicus Brief by FAMM
- US v. Booker & US v. Fanfan - Amicus Brief by NAFD
- US v. Booker & US v. Fanfan - Amicus Brief NACDL
- US v. Booker & US v. Fanfan - Amicus Brief USSC
- US v. Booker & US v. Fanfan - Brief (Merits) for US
- US v. Booker & US v. Fanfan - Oral Argument
- US v. Booker & US v. Fanfan - Reply Merits Brief by US
- US v. Booker & US v. Fanfan - Repondent Fanfan's Merits Brief
- US v. Booker - Repondent Booker's Merits Brief