Right To Privacy - Veridiano V People
Right To Privacy - Veridiano V People
Right To Privacy - Veridiano V People
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LEONEN, J.:
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6 Id.
7 Id.
8 Id., at p. 10.
9 Id.
10 Id.
11 Id.
12 Id.
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13 Id., at p. 11.
14 Id., at p. 34.
15 Id.
16 Id.
17 Id.
18 Id., at p. 66.
19 Id., at p. 11.
20 Id.
21 Id., at p. 35.
22 Id., at p. 11.
23 Id.
24 Id.
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25 Id.
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26 Id.
27 Id.
28 Id.
29 Id.
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37 Id.
38 Id.
39 Id., at pp. 31-44.
40 Id., at p. 43.
41 Id., at p. 37.
42 Id., at p. 40.
43 Id.
44 Id., at pp. 46-47.
45 Id., at pp. 8-29.
46 Id., at pp. 14-18.
47 Id.
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48 Id., at p. 16.
49 Id.
50 Id., at p. 17.
51 CONST., Art. III, Sec. 2 provides:
Section 2. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures of
whatever nature and for any purpose shall be inviolable, and no search
warrant or warrant of arrest shall issue except upon probable cause to be
determined personally by the judge after examination under oath or
affirmation of the complainant and the witnesses he may produce, and
particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things
to be seized.
52 CONST., Art. III, Sec. 3(2) provides:
Section 3.
....
(2) Any evidence obtained in violation of this or the preceding section
shall be inadmissible for any purpose in any proceeding.
53 Rollo, pp. 17-18.
54 Id., at p. 19.
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Panganiban, En Banc]; Rebellion v. People, 637 Phil. 339, 345; 623 SCRA
343, 348 (2010) [Per J. Del Castillo, First Division].
62 People v. Cogaed, 740 Phil. 212, 220; 731 SCRA 427, 439 (2014) [Per
J. Leonen, Third Division].
59 People v. Lapitaje, 445 Phil. 729, 748; 397 SCRA 674, 690 (2003)
[Per J. Austria-Martinez, En Banc]; Rebellion v. People, id.
60 People v. Escordial, 424 Phil. 627, 651-652; 373 SCRA 585, 605
(2002) [Per J. Mendoza, En Banc], citing People v. Timon, 346 Phil. 572;
281 SCRA 577 (1997) [Per J. Panganiban, Third Division].
61 Homar v. People, G.R. No. 182534, September 2, 2015, 768 SCRA
584, 599 [Per J. Brion, Second Division]; Sindac v. People, G.R. No.
220732, September 6, 2016, 802 SCRA 270, 287-288 [Per J. Perlas-
Bernabe, First Division]; People v. Racho, 640 Phil. 669, 681; 626 SCRA
633, 647 (2010) [Per J. Nachura, Second Division]; People v. Martinez, 652
Phil. 347, 359; 637 SCRA 791, 809 (2010) [Per J. Mendoza, Second
Division]. See Antiquera v. People, 723 Phil. 425, 432; 712 SCRA 339, 346
(2013) [Per J. Abad, Third Division].
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may be searched for dangerous weapons or anything that may have been
used or constitute proof in the commission of an offense without a search
warrant.
74 Supra note 62 at p. 228; p. 441, citing People v. Aruta, supra note 65
at pp. 879-880; pp. 637-638.
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crime; and (2) such overt act is done in the presence or within the
view of the arresting officer. 80
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92 Malacat v. Court of Appeals, 347 Phil. 462, 479; 283 SCRA 159, 174
(1997) [Per J. Davide, Jr., En Banc].
93 In the Matter of the Petition for Habeas Corpus of Datukan Malang
Salibo v. Warden, Quezon City Jail Annex, BJMP Building, Camp Bagong
Diwa, Taguig City, 757 Phil. 630, 656; 755 SCRA 296, 326 (2015) [Per J.
Leonen, Second Division] citing the Dissenting Opinion of J. Teehankee
in Ilagan v. Enrile, 223 Phil. 561; 139 SCRA 349 (1985) [Per J. Melencio-
Herrera, En Banc].
94 Id.
95 292-A Phil. 34; 219 SCRA 756 (1993) [Per J. Griño-Aquino, First
Division].
96 Id., at p. 39; p. 760.
97 Id.
98 Id.
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The policemen arrested Gerente only some three (3) hours after
Gerente and his companions had killed Blace. They saw Blace
dead in the hospital and when they inspected the scene of the
crime, they found the instruments of death: a piece of wood and a
concrete hollow block which the killers had used to bludgeon him
to death. The eye-witness, Edna Edwina Reyes, reported the
happening to the policemen and pinpointed her neighbor, Gerente,
as one of the killers. Under those circumstances, since the
policemen had personal knowledge of the violent death of Blace
and of facts indicating that Gerente and two others had killed
him, they could lawfully arrest Gerente without a warrant. If they
had postponed his arrest until they could obtain a warrant, he
would have fled the law as his two companions did.99 (Emphasis
supplied)
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III
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114 345 Phil. 632; 280 SCRA 400 (1997) [Per J. Panganiban, Third
Division].
115 Id., at p. 638; p. 405.
116 Id.
117 Id.
118 Id.
119 Id.
120 Id., at p. 647; pp. 414-415.
121 330 Phil. 811; 262 SCRA 255 (1996) [Per J. Romero, Second
Division].
122 Id., at pp. 814-815; p. 257.
123 Id.
124 Id.
125 Id.
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126 Id.
127 Supra note 62.
128 Id., at p. 221; p. 433.
129 Id.
130 Id.
131 Id., at pp. 221-222; p. 434.
132 Id., at p. 234; pp. 446-447.
133 Id., at pp. 236-237; pp. 451-452.
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134 Caballes v. Court of Appeals, 424 Phil. 263, 286; 373 SCRA 221,
239 (2002) [Per J. Puno, First Division].
135 Id. See also People v. Nuevas, supra note 76 at p. 373; p. 479.
136 Id.
137 Id.
138 Id., at p. 285; p. 239; People v. Cogaed, supra note 62 at pp. 239-
240; p. 452.
139 Supra note 62.
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155 G.R. No. 205823, August 17, 2015, 767 SCRA 40 [Per J. Carpio,
Second Division].
156 Id., at p. 65.
157 Id.
158 Id.
159 Id., at p. 64.
160 635 Phil. 315; 621 SCRA 327 (2010) [Per J. Nachura, Second
Division].
161 Id., at pp. 322-323; p. 333.
162 Id.
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163 Id.
164 Id., at p. 325; p. 336.
165 Id., at p. 331; pp. 339-340.
166 People v. Ayangao, 471 Phil. 379; 427 SCRA 428 (2004) [Per J.
Corona, Third Division].
167 443 Phil. 506; 395 SCRA 407 (2003) [Per J. Puno, Third Division].
168 Id., at p. 517; p. 415.
169 People v. Ayangao, supra at p. 384; p. 430.
170 266 Phil. 306; 188 SCRA 288 (1990) [Per J. Gancayo, First
Division].
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