Articles

Ethical Guidance for Standby Counsel in Criminal Cases: A Far Cry from Counsel? (forthcoming), American Criminal Law Review (2013)
 

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Experience-Based Opinion Testimony: Strengthening the Law Opinion Rule, Pepperdine Law Review (2012)
 
Prosecution Use of Estoppel and Related Doctrines in Criminal Cases: Promoting Consistency, Tolerating Inconsistency (forthcoming), Rutgers Law Review (2012)
 

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Convictions Based on Lies: Defining Due Process Protection, Penn State Law Review (2011)

The corrupting impact of false testimony on the justice system is profound and corrosive. The...

 

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Conflicts of Interest in Criminal Cases: Should the Prosecution Have a Duty to Disclose?, American Criminal Law Review (2010)
 

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Government Appeals in Criminal Cases: The Myth of Assymmetry, University of Cincinnati Law Review (2008)

This article challenges the myth that the government cannot protect the public interest because its...

 

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Credibility: A Fair Subject for Expert Testimony?, Florida Law Review (2007)

This article explores the ways in which experts can assist the jury to assess the...

 

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Strengthening the Criminal Defendant’s Right to Counsel, Villanova University Legal Working Paper Series (2007)

This article argues that the courts should recognize that defense counsel’s role is pivotal in...

 

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Double Jeopardy and Multiple Punishment: Cutting the Gordian Knot, Villanova University Legal Working Paper Series (2005)

Courts and commentators treat as axiomatic that the Double Jeopardy Clause protects against multiple punishment...

 

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Double Jeopardy Protection from Successive Prosecution: A Proposed Approach, Villanova University Legal Working Paper Series (2004)

The Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution protects criminal defendants against being repeatedly...

 

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Criminal Justice and Videoconferencing Technology: The Remote Defendant, Villanova University Legal Working Paper Series (2004)

This Article addresses the increasing use of videoconferencing to avoid bringing criminal defendants to court...

 

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Introduction to Symposium: New Voices on the Drug Wars, Villanova Law Review (2002)
 

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Party Admissions in Criminal Cases: Should the Government Have to Eat Its Words?, Minnesota Law Review (2002)

As currently applied, evidence law gives the government an unfair advantage in criminal trials because...

 

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Prosecutorial Inconsistency, Estoppel and Due Process: Making the Prosecution Get Its Story Straight, California Law Review (2001)

Prosecutors sometimes exploit ambiguity in the evidence of a crime and assert inconsistent factual positions...

 

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The Role of Standby Counsel in Criminal Cases: In the Twilight Zone of the Criminal Justice System, New York University Law Review (2000)
 
Plain Feel Doctrine, Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, Supplement II (1999)
 

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The Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege after Jaffee v. Redmond: Where Do We Go From Here?, Washington University Law Quarterly (1998)
 

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Prosecutorial Discretion and Selective Prosecution: Enforcing Protection after United States v. Armstrong, American Criminal Law Review (1997)
 

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The Plain Feel Doctrine and the Evolution of the Fourth Amendment, Villanova Law Review (1997)
 

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Female Delinquents: Defining Their Place in the Justice System, Wisconsin Law Review, Symposium: Juvenile Justice Reform (1996)
 

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Double Jeopardy and Judicial Accountability: When is an Acquittal not an Acquittal?, Arizona State Law Journal (1995)
 

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The Jury: The Criminal Justice System's Different Voice, University of Cincinnati Law Review (1994)
 

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The Limits of Double Jeopardy: A Course into the Dark?, Villanova Law Review (1994)
 

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Double Jeopardy Protection Against Successive Prosecutions in Complex Criminal Cases: A Model, Connecticut Law Review (1992)
 

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Double Jeopardy: Grady and Dowling Stir the Muddy Waters, Rutgers Law Review (1991)
 

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The Fourth Amendment: Elusive Standards, Elusive Review, Chicago-Kent Law Review (1991)
 

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Supervision of the Grand Jury: Who Watches the Guardian, Washington University Law Quarterly (1990)
 

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Collateral Estoppel in Criminal Cases: Reuse of Evidence After Acquittal, University of Cincinnati Law Review (1989)
 

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Evidentiary Use of Silence and the Constitutional Privilege Against Self-Incrimination, George Washington Law Review (1984)
 

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Illegitimacy and Family Privacy: A Note on Material Cooperation in Paternity Suits, Northwestern University Law Review (1976)
 

Books

Model Criminal Jury Instructions for the District Courts of the Third Circuit (2009)
 
Pennsylvania Evidence, 3rd ed. (with Leonard Packel) (2007)
 
Pennsylvania Evidence, 2nd ed. (Supplement 2005) (with Leonard Packel) (2005)
 
Pennsylvania Evidence, 2nd ed. (Supplements 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004). (with Leonard Packel) (1999)
 
Pennsylvania Evidence (Supplement 1996, 1997, 1998). (with Leonard Packel) (1987)