Practice question
A defendant files a quashal motion in the issuing court before any prosecution. The motion remains unresolved when an information is later filed in another court. Which court resolves it under section 14?
- The issuing court retains exclusive authority forever.
- The court where the subsequent criminal case is filed.
- The private complainant’s lawyer.
- No court may ever resolve it.
- The police chief alone.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rule 126 section 14: forum for warrant quashal and evidence suppression.
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf — A.M. 21-06-08-SC, Rule 3 sections 7–8: unjustified unrecorded searches and suppression remedy, PDF page 706.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/mar2025/gr_257910_2025.html — Patotoy v. People, G.R. 257910, March 4, 2025, main opinion: personal-jurisdiction waiver and admissibility are distinct.
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