Practice question
Does Pestilos mean any accusation relayed to police at any later date is enough for hot pursuit?
- No; immediacy and personal knowledge of facts or circumstances supporting probable cause remain essential.
- Yes, every old accusation is automatically hot pursuit.
- Yes, the just-committed condition was abolished.
- Yes, an officer’s unsupported conclusion always suffices.
- Yes, an anonymous name replaces all investigation.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule 113, Sections 2-9, and Rule 114, Section 26, as relevant: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- Pestilos v. Generoso, G.R. No. 182601, November 10, 2014, MAIN decision (not separate opinion), facts gathered promptly after assault and hot-pursuit arrest: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/nov2014/gr_182601_2014.html
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