Practice question
What purposes support the incident-to-arrest search described in Patotoy?
- Protect officers from weapons and prevent destruction of evidence within the arrestee's reach
- Punish the accused before trial
- Permit unlimited searches of unrelated homes
- Replace the need for any arrest ground
- Guarantee conviction in every case
Legal references
- Rule 126, Section 13; Macabuhay v. People, G.R. No. 270337, August 13, 2025; Patotoy v. People, G.R. No. 257910, March 4, 2025, main decisions.
- Reviewed primary authority, Rule 126, Section 13: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- Reviewed primary authority, Main decision, paragraph on substantially contemporaneous search and preexisting probable cause: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70028
- Reviewed primary authority, Main decision, search purpose and scope: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/mar2025/gr_257910_2025.html
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