PAUL C. GIANNELLI is the Albert J. Weatherhead III & Richard W. Weatherhead Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve  University. Professor Giannelli has written extensively in the field of evidence and criminal procedure, especially on the topic of  scientific evidence.  He has published articles in the Columbia, Virginia, Vanderbilt, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Hastings, Cardozo, and Case Western Reserve law reviews, as well as in the Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (Northwestern University), Criminal Law Bulletin, and the American Criminal Law Review (Georgetown University).  He has also published in interdisciplinary journals, such as the International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, the New Biologist, Profiles in DNA, the Journal of Legal Medicine, and the Journal of Forensic Science.

 

He has authored nine books. Among them are: Understanding Evidence (2003) (LexisNexis); Cases and Materials on Evidence (6th ed. 2002) (with Broun & Mosteller); Scientific Evidence (3d ed. 1999) (LexisNexis) (with Imwinkelried); and Courtroom Criminal Evidence (3d ed. 1998) (LexisNexis) (with Imwinkelried, Gilligan & Lederer).

 

Professor Giannelli’s work has been cited in hundreds of court opinions and legal articles, including the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Scheffer (1998); Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1993); Hudson v. Palmer (1984); Barefoot v. Estelle (1983). He currently serves as Reporter for the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Standards on Biological Evidence and co-chair for the ABA Ad Hoc Committee on Innocence.