The project includes a synthesis of the areas of criminal procedural law dealt with by both courts between December 1979 and November 1980. Court decisions bearing upon criminal procedure in arrests deal with the nature of probable cause in issuing arrest warrants and making warrantless arrests. Decisions related to police stop-and-frisk bear upon the U.S. Supreme Court's standard of 'reasonable suspicion' that criminal activity is imminent and that the person is armed and dangerous. Court rulings on criminal procedure regarding search warrants cover the warrant requirement, the statutory right to a warrant, the involvement of informants, and search incident to execution. Decisions yielding exceptions to the requirement of a search warrant are explained with reference to exigent circumstances, vehicle searches, and inventory searches. Other areas of criminal procedure considered are the exclusionary rule, the right to counsel and the effectiveness of counsel, standing to challenge constitutional violations, indictment and information, and joinder and severance. U.S. Supreme Court rulings are explained in the areas of capital punishment, cruel and unusual punishment, false statements, impeachment, obscenity, principals and accessories, prisons, and sentencing. A total of 436 footnotes are provided.