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Trial attorneys are often faced with complex, multinational investigations which involve multiple agencies such as the DEA, FBI, Customs, ICE and the IRS, and which have been undertaken over a number of years. Rule 16 discovery may include foreign language documents, tapes, and transcripts.
Linda Friedman Ramirez can provide services to attorneys, including research, petrial motions, including Motions pertaining to transnational evidence. See her blog Obtaining Foreign Evidence
Appeals
Ms. Ramirez is an experienced appellate attorney, and currently accepts referrals for cases on appeal to the Third, Fourth, Ninth & Eleventh Circuits.
Criminal Defense of Diverse Cultures
If you represent clients of diverse cultures and have an interest in the topic of interpreter issues, selective prosecution, language proficiency in interrogations, motions to suppress, voire dire issues, please check out her blog Representing Foreign Nationals
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Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense, 2d Edition
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About the Book: Keeping pace with the rapidly changing face of America, Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense -2nd edition is the complete reference guide to one of the most challenging and topical subjects in contemporary criminal law. Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense is an indispensable book for the criminal defense lawyer representing people from other cultures, nationalities or ethnic backgrounds. Lawyers defending these individuals face a host of characteristic concerns that include cultural barriers to communication, the need for qualified interpreters, unique Fourth and Fifth Amendment issues, cultural defenses, issues involving Native Americans, the immigration consequences of a conviction, and distinctive sentencing issues. Packed with practice tips and helpful precedent cases, Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense is the only book on the market that walks the practitioner through these issues in a clear, comprehensive and systematic way. Extensively updated and expanded for its second edition, the guide now includes chapters on stimulating new subjects such as consular assistance issues, gathering evidence abroad, language proficiency concerns and international prisoner transfers.
Praise for Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense, 2nd Edition
?I have been a student of the Fourth Amendment since 1971 when I took criminal procedure back in what was the Fourth Amendments '"stone age. For 30 years now, I?ve been seeking to understand the tao of the Fourth Amendment. Understanding is everything, and one will find a significant aid in Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense, 2d Edition. How does a citizen of Mexico or any other country understand police-citizen relationships? Courts assume that our own citizens do, when, for example, consent to search or talk with the police is an issue, but we clearly do not. It is purely legal fiction. When a person from another culture is in the hands of the police, they are even more lost and clueless than our own citizens, and our duty as criminal defense lawyers is to expose why people do not understand what is happening when they consent to a search or talk to the police. This book will greatly aid us in that duty. -John Wesley Hall, President-Elect, NACDL (National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers) Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense is a must-have resource for all lawyers defending the rights of those who hail from other countries. Written by expert practitioners in their respective fields, it provides a wealth of information and practical advice that will assist lawyers representing everyone from the migrant worker to Osama bin Laden.? -Jeralyn Merritt, Criminal Defense Attorney and national TV legal anaylst; former Secretary and Treasurer of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Co-Chair of the organization?s Deportation Task Force
?Lawyers who seek to educate a jury about their client?s foreign culture in order to gain an acquittal need to read this book? -Linda Moreno, Attorney, Tampa, Florida
?Defense counsel, armed with excellent resources like this book, will be able to effectively fight for the rights of those bewildered strangers who find themselves in trouble in a strange land? -Charles M. Sevilla, Cleary & Sevilla, San Diego, CA
"This book is a great resource for lawyers representing foreigners charged with crimes, especially in the United States. The book is an excellent reference for practitioners, criminal justice professionals, and professionals working in comparative and international criminal law. An advantage of the book is that, in addition to describing the issues arising under each of the topics, it provides very practical advice on how to deal with the various areas and subareas." -Bruce Zagaris, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe LLP, Washington, DC
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