NCJ Number
132573
Journal
Criminal Law Bulletin Volume: 27 Issue: 5 Dated: (September-October 1991) Pages: 447-456
Date Published
1991
Length
10 pages
Annotation
With this issue, the Criminal Law Bulletin begins a regular column on scientific evidence in criminal cases. Professors Paul Gianelli and Edward Imwinkelried will author this column on a rotating basis.
Abstract
Students and practitioners of criminal law will recognize our contributors as the co-authors of Scientific Evidence (1986), perhaps the leading work in its field; as occasional contributors to the Bulletin in the past; and as leading authorities in the area of scientific evidence. Advances in the laboratory have led to pressure on the criminal justice system to utilize scientific techniques in the development of a case. Firearms identification, DNA testing, blood grouping tests, AIDS tests, drug tests, and a host of other areas raise serious concerns for the prosecutor and for defense counsel. Both should find answers in the work of these authors. 27 footnotes (Publisher abstract)