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Practice question: Stop and Frisk

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

An officer asserts that years of experience permit a frisk of anyone at random without identifying any surrounding condition supporting concealed weapons. The prosecution says experience alone is conclusive. Which is best?
  1. Every experienced officer has unlimited frisk authority
  2. Experience informs assessment of actual circumstances; it does not eliminate the need for a genuine supported reason
  3. Experience can never be considered
  4. A uniform conclusively proves weapons are present
  5. The target must first physically resist to preserve any right

Legal references

  • People v. Sapla, G.R.244045, June16 2020: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2020/jun2020/gr_244045_2020.html

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