Practice question
An officer performs a nonintrusive visual check, then proposes opening closed private baggage solely because the initial check was lawful. No consent or other exception exists. Which is best?
- Every visual check authorizes every subsequent search
- The baggage owner has no protected interest while traveling
- The officer’s title supplies probable cause
- No expanded search can ever be lawful on any facts
- The lawful limited check does not automatically justify the expanded intrusion
Legal references
- People v. Sapla, G.R.244045, June16 2020: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/jun2020/gr_244045_2020.html
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