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Dawn H. Medina v. The Hon. Ann Marie McIff Allen Amicus Brief

Document Date: September 18, 2023
Affiliate: ACLU of Utah

The court’s opinion in this case will affect the constitutional rights of thousands of people who will be arrested in the hundreds of local jail systems in this circuit and the over two dozen jails in Utah. The lower court’s decision wrongly decided several issues that, if upheld, threaten the individual liberties of thousands of presumptively innocent Utahns.

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