State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. William Dangerfield, Defendant-Respondent

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that there was no probable cause to arrest the defendant for defiant trespass and therefore the full-body search incident to that arrest was invalid; it also affirmed that police may arrest for petty disorderly persons offenses without issuing a summons absent statutory exceptions, and it modified the rule requiring transport of a warrantless arrestee to a police station.