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No. 08 – 351I
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Supreme Court of the United States
 _______  ANITA ALVAREZ,State’s Attorney of Cook County, Illinois,
 Petitioner
,v.CHERMANE SMITH, EDMANUEL PEREZ,TYHESHA BRUNSTON, MICHELLE WALDO,KIRK YUNKER and TONY WILLIAMS,
Respondents
. __________ 
On Writ of Certiorari to theUnited States Court of AppealsFor the Seventh Circuit
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BRIEF OF THE NATIONAL POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT AS
 AMICUS CURIAE 
IN SUPPORT OF THERESPONDENTS
 Andrew B. Reid*, Chief CounselSpringer & Steinberg, PC1600 Broadway, Suite 1200Denver, CO 80202; (303) 861-2800*
Counsel of Record for the Amicus Curiae
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PageInterest of 
 Amicus Curiae
………………………………1Introduction and Summary of  Argument……………..4 Argument…………………………………………………..6I. Illinois DAFPA: A Codified Conflict of Interest……...……...……………………...6 II.
 
Police Officer Misconduct Is WellDocumented and Cannot Be IgnoredWhen Examining DAFPA..…….............7 A. Calling Things By Their RightName: The Genesis of Testilyingand Its Progeny………………...….….8B. Modernity’s Documentation andConception of Testilying………....….14C. Chicago: A Case Study…………...…17III. Incentivizing Misconduct: ThePeculiar and Particular Problemsof Civil Forfeiture……………………….21IV. Due Process and DAFPA…………...….24
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 A.
Mathews
Is the Proper Test forDAFPA…………………………...……….28B.
Gerstein
Is the Proper Analogy……31Conclusion………………………………………………..34
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