Racial Justice Motions and Pleadings

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Sample Motion to Dismiss and/or Suppress Evidence Based on Selective Prosecution

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This sample motion argues for special discovery and dismissal and/or suppression based on a claim of selective prosecution in a jaywalking case. Highlighting local police data on racial disparities in jaywalking-related stops, this motion argues that police conduct had a discriminatory effect on Black youth in Cincinnati, in violation of their state and federal equal…

Sample Motion to Dismiss and/or Suppress Evidence Based on Selective Prosecution – Supplemental Memorandum

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This supplemental memorandum is related to the sample motion to dismiss and/or suppress evidence based on selective prosecution, which argues for special discovery and dismissal and/or suppression based on a claim of selective prosecution in a jaywalking case. This supplemental memorandum outlines Ohio’s Equal Protection guarantee in the context of the impact of implicit racial…

Sample Motion Challenging Retention Motions for Adolescent Offenders Based on Gang or Drill Rap Allegations

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DC Lawyers for Youth Reasonable Child Disposition Letter with Desistence Research

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Michigan v. Joshua Lamar-James Stewart, Amicus Brief in Support of Defendant-Appellant

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Motion to Exclude Tangible Evidence and Motion for Sanctions

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This pleading discusses flight.

Motion to Prevent In-Court ID of Defendant

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Supplemental Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss Petition as Unconstitutional

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Respondent’s Motion In Limine for Court to Adopt Reasonable Child Standard In Assault and Resisting Arrest Charge

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Motion to Dismiss for Violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

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Motion to Suppress and Exclude Statements

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Motion to Suppress Evidence Obtained from Unlawful Search and Memorandum

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This pleading includes statistics.

Motion to Suppress Testimony Concerning Certain Out-of-Court Identifications and Prevent Certain Witnesses from Rendering In-Court Identifications

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Memorandum in Support of the Juveniles’ Motion to Dismiss

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Request for Child-Centered Mens Rea Analysis

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Motion in Limine to Exclude Rap Lyrics

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Motion to Suppress Tangible Evidence and Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support Thereof

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Conduct of Jurors During Trial Jury Instruction including Implicit Bias

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Motion to Bar the Death Penalty Because of Discrimination in the Decision to Charge and Seek the Death Penalty

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Transfer Amici Brief: Adolescent Development

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Amici Curiae Brief in Support of Petitioner

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Motion to Suppress Tangible Evidence in Violation of Respondent’s Fourth Amendment Rights

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Excerpt from Motion for Appropriate Relief- Batson Claim

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Motion to Dismiss- Habitual Felon

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Memorandum in Support of the Juveniles’ Motion to Dismiss

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