Practice question
A corporate officer objects in his personal criminal case to seizure of papers belonging solely to the corporation from its business premises. He establishes no invasion of his own person, home, papers or effects and relies only on his office and stockholding. Under Stonehill, which is the best answer?
- Stockholding automatically transfers every corporate constitutional right to him.
- A corporate office conclusively makes all corporate papers personal.
- Separate corporate personality becomes irrelevant in criminal proceedings.
- Those positions alone do not let him assert the corporation’s search objection as his own personal right.
- The objection succeeds even if he expressly admits no personal right was invaded.
Legal references
- Stonehill v. Diokno, G.R. No. L-19550, June 19, 1967, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1967/jun1967/gr_l-19550_1967.html
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