Practice question
A 2017 warrant is reviewed under Lavarias. May a legal answer silently apply its historical nationwide-executive-judge framework as the unrestricted rule for every new 2026 application?
- Yes, every older territorial rule remains universally current.
- Yes, the date of issuance never matters to the governing rule.
- Yes, the Court denied that a later amendment existed.
- Yes, all executive judges may choose any territory without conditions.
- No; the applicable later territorial amendment must be distinguished.
Legal references
- 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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