Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 30 of 60

Full-Text Articles in Law

Adverse Inference About Adverse Inferences: Restructuring Juridical Roles For Responding To Evidence Tampering By Parties To Litigation, Dale A. Nance Jan 2010

Adverse Inference About Adverse Inferences: Restructuring Juridical Roles For Responding To Evidence Tampering By Parties To Litigation, Dale A. Nance

Faculty Publications

For at least two centuries, Anglo-American courts have responded to a party's evidence tampering by allowing the opponent to argue to jurors that they should draw an adverse inference against the offending party in deciding the merits of the case. This Article argues that the use of such inferences, and invitations to draw them, should be radically curtailed, not only because of the ambiguities and risks of prejudice that such inferences entail, but more importantly because they reflect and contribute to a confusion of roles in which the jury is enlisted to participate in the management of the pre-trial conduct …


Scientific Fraud, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 2010

Scientific Fraud, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

Although scientific fraud is rare, when it occurs, it needs to be identified and documented. This article discusses two of the most notorious cases in forensic science. Part I focuses on the misconduct of Fred Zain, a serologist with the West Virginia State Police crime laboratory and later with the County Medical Examiner’s laboratory in San Antonio, Texas. Part II examines the misconduct of Joyce Gilchrist, a forensic examiner with the Oklahoma City Police Department.


Scientific Evidence In Criminal Prosecutions - A Retrospective, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 2010

Scientific Evidence In Criminal Prosecutions - A Retrospective, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Nrc Report And Its Implications For Criminal Litigation, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 2009

The Nrc Report And Its Implications For Criminal Litigation, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

The National Research Council, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, issued a landmark report on forensic science in February 2009. In the long run, the report’s recommendations, if adopted, would benefit law enforcement and prosecutors. The recommendations would allow forensic science to develop a strong scientific basis and limit evidentiary challenges regarding the reliability of forensic evidence. In keeping with its congressional charge, however, the NRC Committee did not directly address admissibility issues. Nevertheless, given its content, the report will inevitably be cited in criminal cases. Indeed, within months, the United States Supreme Court cited the report, noting …


Scientific Evidence And Prosecutorial Misconduct In The Duke Lacrosse Rape Case, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 2009

Scientific Evidence And Prosecutorial Misconduct In The Duke Lacrosse Rape Case, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

The need for pretrial discovery in criminal cases is critical. A defendant's right to confrontation, effective assistance of counsel, and due process often turns on pretrial disclosure. This essay discusses a case that demonstrates this point.


Nontestimonial Identification Orders For Dna Testing, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 2008

Nontestimonial Identification Orders For Dna Testing, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Pretrial Discovery Of Expert Testimony, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 2008

Pretrial Discovery Of Expert Testimony, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Daubert Challenges To Firearms (“Ballistics”) Identifications, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 2007

Daubert Challenges To Firearms (“Ballistics”) Identifications, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Daubert Challenges To Fingerprints, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 2006

Daubert Challenges To Fingerprints, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Scientific Evidence In Civil And Criminal Cases, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 2001

Scientific Evidence In Civil And Criminal Cases, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Character Evidence, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 2001

Character Evidence, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


“Other Acts” Evidence: Part Ii, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 2001

“Other Acts” Evidence: Part Ii, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Expert Qualifications: Traps For The Unwary, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 2000

Expert Qualifications: Traps For The Unwary, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


New Developments In Scientific Evidence, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 2000

New Developments In Scientific Evidence, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Impeachment: Evidence Amendments, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1999

Impeachment: Evidence Amendments, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Hearsay: Traps & Problem Issues, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1998

Hearsay: Traps & Problem Issues, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The After-Acquired Evidence Rule: The Best Of All Possible Worlds?, Sharona Hoffman Jan 1996

The After-Acquired Evidence Rule: The Best Of All Possible Worlds?, Sharona Hoffman

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Junk Science, Daubert, And Ohio Rule 702, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1994

Junk Science, Daubert, And Ohio Rule 702, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Polygraph Evidence: Part Ii, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1994

Polygraph Evidence: Part Ii, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Confrontation Issues In Child Abuse Cases, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1994

Confrontation Issues In Child Abuse Cases, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Polygraph Evidence: Part I, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1994

Polygraph Evidence: Part I, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Rape Trauma Syndrome & Child Sexual Abuse Syndrome, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1993

Rape Trauma Syndrome & Child Sexual Abuse Syndrome, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


“Junk Science”: The Criminal Cases, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1993

“Junk Science”: The Criminal Cases, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Scientific Evidence In Criminal Prosecutions, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1992

Scientific Evidence In Criminal Prosecutions, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


"Other Acts” & Character Evidence: Part I, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1992

"Other Acts” & Character Evidence: Part I, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


"Other Acts” & Character Evidence: Part Ii, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1992

"Other Acts” & Character Evidence: Part Ii, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Rules Of Evidence Amendments, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1991

Rules Of Evidence Amendments, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Best Evidence Rule, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1991

Best Evidence Rule, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Authentication, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1991

Authentication, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Dna Evidence, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1991

Dna Evidence, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.