Warrantless Arrests and Searches

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1. Which situation is expressly covered by the in flagrante delicto warrantless-arrest rule?
2. For a hot-pursuit arrest under Rule 113, Section 5(b), which combination is required?
3. Which is an express warrantless-arrest ground under Rule 113, Section 5(c)?
4. An officer watches a person forcibly snatch a commuter's phone and immediately arrests that person without a warrant. W…
5. Police stop an otherwise ordinary passenger solely because of an anonymous tip. They observe no criminal act and have n…
6. At a checkpoint officers stop a jeepney based solely on an unverified anonymous text identifying a passenger and a clos…
7. Officers lack any lawful arrest ground but search a pedestrian's pocket to see whether an offense might be discovered. …
8. An anonymous caller accuses an ordinary passenger of carrying drugs. Officers observe no criminal act and have no perso…
9. A prosecutor defends opening a passenger's closed bag by saying that every checkpoint search is valid and that the pass…
10. Police validly arrest a person whom an officer saw committing an offense. They immediately search that person's clothin…
11. Does Rule 113, Section 5 authorize only police officers, excluding every private person, to make an arrest under its st…
12. Does Rule 113, Section 5(a) require that the witnessed offense always be completed before arrest?