Practice question
Are trial judges absolutely prohibited from issuing search warrants to be implemented in government detention facilities?
- Yes, all cells are categorically immune.
- Yes, even for a properly supported investigation by outside law enforcers.
- No; the main opinion permits proper warrants subject to stringent issuance and implementation requirements.
- No; therefore every application must automatically be granted.
- Yes, only prison guards may ever gather evidence.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/jan2021/am_rtj-17-2494_2021.html — Re: Motu Proprio Fact-Finding Investigation on Search Warrants involving Mayor Rolando Espinosa, A.M. RTJ-17-2494 and RTJ-19-2557, January 26, 2021, MAIN opinion: routine custodial versus investigative searches.
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rule 126 sections 4–12: judicial safeguards and implementation requirements.
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