Practice question
An officer receives an unverified anonymous text and opens a passenger’s opaque sack without independent observations or another established exception. Which ruling directly limits the moving-vehicle theory?
- A universal rule that every moving vehicle is searchable without basis.
- A rule that police suspicion equals a warrant.
- A rule that public travel is a permanent guilty plea.
- Sapla’s main holding that such a tip alone does not justify the intrusive search.
- A rule that the passenger must disprove every anonymous message first.
Legal references
- People v. Sapla, G.R. No. 244045, June 16, 2020, EN BANC MAIN decision, distinguishing Saluday and an intrusive anonymous-tip search: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/jun2020/gr_244045_2020.html
- Saluday v. People, G.R. No. 215305, April 3, 2018, EN BANC MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2018/apr2018/gr_215305_2018.html
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