Practice question
Counsel cites Canton to justify an arbitrary public strip search of every person anywhere near an airport, without its security circumstances or any other basis. Is that the holding?
- No; its particular airport-screening facts do not authorize an unrestricted search of every nearby person.
- Yes, airport proximity abolishes all dignity and privacy constraints.
- Yes, an airline sign creates unlimited police authority.
- Yes, every nearby resident automatically consents.
- Yes, the decision forbids inquiry into manner and scope.
Legal references
- People v. Canton, G.R. No. 148825, December 27, 2002, MAIN decision, airport-security doctrine (not its superseded RA 6425 penalty): https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2002/dec2002/gr_148825_2002.html
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