Practice question
A corporate officer moves to suppress items solely because a different corporation’s premises were unlawfully searched, alleging no invasion of his own protected interest. What must the court examine?
- Automatically grant suppression solely from his job title.
- Automatically convict the officer for filing the motion.
- Ignore who suffered the alleged constitutional invasion.
- Whether the movant has a personal basis to invoke the right, rather than assume standing from office alone.
- Treat every corporate employee as the same juridical person.
Legal references
- Stonehill v. Diokno, G.R. No. L-19550, June 19, 1967, MAIN decision, personal constitutional right and separate corporate personality: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1967/jun1967/gr_l-19550_1967.html
- People v. Lavarias, G.R. No. 273582, June 9, 2026, MAIN decision, substantial record basis and serious warrant defect; its warrant was issued and implemented in 2017: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70534
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