Practice question
In Worldwide Web, is the filing that initiates an independent search-warrant proceeding an application rather than the criminal complaint or information itself?
- Yes.
- No, every warrant application automatically is an information.
- No, the applicant thereby becomes the criminal judge.
- No, an application itself is a guilty verdict.
- No, the proceeding begins only with a prison commitment.
Legal references
- Worldwide Web Corp. v. People, G.R. No. 161106, January 13, 2014, MAIN decision, independent warrant proceeding, aggrieved-party standing and final-order distinction: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/jan2014/gr_161106_2014.html
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