Practice question
An officer cites generalized disorder elsewhere in a city but offers no facts linking criminal activity or urgent danger to the particular building searched. Does De Gracia automatically validate the search?
- Yes, all buildings become searchable during unrest
- Yes, a uniform supplies all probable cause
- Yes, if the building is privately owned
- Yes, if occupants do not invite the police
- No; the claimed exception requires supporting facts for the particular intrusion
Legal references
- People v. De Gracia, G.R. Nos. 102009–10, July 6, 1994, Part II; People v. Aruta, G.R. No. 120915, April 3, 1998, main decisions.
- Reviewed primary authority, Part II only, search holding; obsolete firearms penalty discussion not used: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1994/jul1994/gr_102009_1994.html
- Reviewed primary authority, Main decision, distinction from De Gracia emergency: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/35755
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