Practice question
May Canton’s airport-security holding simply be replaced by asking only whether the packages were already in plain view before screening?
- Yes, plain view is the only possible search doctrine at any airport.
- Yes, concealed items may never be discovered through authorized screening.
- Yes, a detector may operate only after the contents are visible.
- Yes, the security context is irrelevant in every case.
- No; the Court considered a distinct security-search justification.
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- People v. Canton, G.R. No. 148825, December 27, 2002, MAIN decision, airport-security doctrine (not its superseded RA 6425 penalty): https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2002/dec2002/gr_148825_2002.html
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