Practice question
At a roadblock, officers target a particular passenger’s opaque sack based solely on an anonymous call. They observe no illegal act and demand the sack be opened, then call the search valid merely because the passenger rode a moving jeepney. Which is best?
- The vehicle’s movement does not alone validate this targeted intrusive search of the passenger’s effects
- Any passenger’s bag is automatically searchable without cause
- A jeepney erases the difference between person and vehicle searches
- Finding contraband cures the original lack of cause
- The officer may substitute a label for proof of an exception
Legal references
- People v. Sapla, G.R.244045, June16 2020: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/jun2020/gr_244045_2020.html
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