Practice question
Officers enter Ben's residence, open a locked cabinet and seize business records. The court determines that the search violated Ben's Article III right; no lawful exception applies. An agency then offers the same seized records in an administrative hearing, claiming exclusion is solely a criminal-trial remedy. Ben timely objects. What should govern?
- The records are excluded there as well under the constitutional rule
- Administrative labeling erases the violation
- All reliable documents must be admitted
- Only the police station can decide admissibility
- A civil label transfers the constitutional right to the agency
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, Sections 2 and 3: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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