Practice question
A frisk begins lawfully as an outer-clothing weapon check. The officer then proposes a broad search of unrelated personal belongings without additional grounds. Does the initial justification automatically cover that expansion?
- Every lawful frisk authorizes every later search
- The person loses all privacy once touched
- The officer’s curiosity supplies the new ground
- No independent exception can ever justify an additional search
- No
Legal references
- People v. Sapla, G.R.244045, June16 2020: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/jun2020/gr_244045_2020.html
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