The Honourable Justice David M Paciocco of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, professor emeritus, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, was formerly a justice of the Ontario Court of Justice and a professor of law at the University of Ottawa, Common Law Section. While a professor, he served as a prosecutor over a period of several years before engaging in a specialized criminal defence practice. He has written extensively about criminal law and is a frequent lecturer at continuing education programs for judges and lawyers. His academic writings have been relied upon, on numerous occasions, by courts in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, and by the Privy Council.
