The State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. George Doyle and Mona Doyle, Defendants-Appellants

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the convictions of Dr. George Doyle and Mona Doyle for performing an illegal abortion. The Court held that the warrantless arrest of the Doyles was lawful because the offense, a high misdemeanor, satisfied the statutory requirement for a warrantless arrest, and that the subsequent search was incident to that lawful arrest and therefore constitutional. The Court also rejected the defendants' Fourth Amendment challenge to the admission of the seized evidence.