Practice question
Does the hot-pursuit ground invariably require the arresting officer personally to have seen the crime being committed?
- No.
- Yes, personal eyewitness status is always indispensable.
- Yes, even immediately observed fresh injuries cannot be considered.
- Yes, the rule is identical in every respect to in flagrante arrest.
- Yes, a victim may never identify the perpetrator.
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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