Practice question
An applicant invokes the compelling-reason route and supplies only conclusions of law, without facts supporting either the location nexus or the asserted special reason. What does Lavarias teach?
- The judge must require a sufficient factual basis; legal labels do not establish the required evaluation.
- The labels alone satisfy every constitutional requirement.
- The warrant must issue because the applicant used legal vocabulary.
- An officer’s rank conclusively establishes the missing facts.
- The accused must disprove the application before the judge evaluates it.
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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