PRACDL will be holding a workshop: Evidence II -Hearsay and Crawford - on January 19, 2011 at 4:30 p.m. at the US District Court in San Juan. The lecturer will Maria Sandoval. Admission is free and limited to PRACDL members. You may attend if you join PRACDL and pay your dues at the entrance. Courtroom to be announced.
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
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Search & Info
January 16, 2011
December 22, 2004
Adobe Reader 7.0 Now Available
Adobe has released the free Adobe Reader 7.0, which should be a marked improvement over version 6.0. While I am a fan of the Firefox browser, I had noticed that many PDF files did not open correctly using Firefox, and had to constatly work with Internet Explorer as well. Perhaps with this new version of Adobe Reader these problems will go away. I'll get back to you on that one, as I just downloaded it myself and haven't had a chance to take it out on the road. As I learned from tech guru Dennis Kennedy, many others who swore by Firefox were having the same problem.
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
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- 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