Practice question
An individual challenges a search of his own residence, while the prosecution invokes Stonehill to say corporate officers have no search rights at all. Which is sound?
- Officeholding abolishes all protection at home.
- Stonehill does not create that categorical disability; the personal invasion must be assessed on its own facts.
- A corporate officer may never move to suppress anything.
- The corporation’s existence makes all residential searches reasonable.
- Only the officer’s employer can challenge entry into his home.
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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