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Assignment no. 6
1. What is Criminal Procedure?
Enumerate the titles of Rules 110-127
of the Rules of Court.
2. Define arrest. How arrest is made?
Answer. Arrest is the taking of a person
into custody in order that he may be
bound to answer for the commission of an
offense.
It is made by an actual restraint of a
person to be arrested, or by his
submission to the custody of the person
making the arrest (Sec. 2).
Note: Arrest may be made on any day, at
any time of the day or night (Sec.6).
3. When is arrest without a warrant
lawfully made?
Answer.
1. When in the presence of the
arresting person, the person to be
arrested has committed, is actually
committing or is attempting to
commit an offense (in flagrante
delicto arrest).
2. When an offense has in fact
been committed and the arresting
person has probable cause to
believe
based
on
personal
knowledge
of
facts
and
circumstances that the person to
be arrested has committed it
(doctrine of hot pursuit).
3. When the person to be arrested
is a prisoner who has escaped
from a penal establishment or
place where he is serving final
judgment or temporarily confined
while his case is pending or has
escaped while being transferred
from one confinement to another
(Sec. 5).
WARRANT
OF
ARREST
(RULE
113)
Arrest is the taking
of a person into
custody in order
that he may be
bound to answer
for the commission
of an offense (Sec.
1, Rule 113).
Requisites
for
arrest
warrant
issued by RTC
judge under Sec. 5,
Rule 112:
a) Within 10 days
from the filing
of the complaint
or information
b) The judge shall
personally
evaluate the
resolution of
the prosecutor
and its
supporting
evidence.
c) If he finds
probable
cause, he shall
issue a warrant
of arrest
d) In case of
doubt on the
Search or seizure
without
warrant,
when lawful:
1) Consented
search;
2) As an incident
to
a
lawful
arrest;
3) Searches of
vessels and
aircrafts for
violation of
immigration,
customs and
drug laws;
4) Searches of
moving
vehicles;
5) Searches of
automobiles at
borders or
constructive
borders;
6) Where the
prohibited
articles are in
plain view;
7) Searches of
buildings and
premises to
enforce fire,
sanitary and
building
regulations;
8) Stop and frisk
operations;
9) Exigent and
emergency
circumstances
existence of
probable cause
e) The judge may
order the
prosecutor to
present
additional
evidence within
5 days from
notice; and
f) The issue must
be resolved by
the court within
30 days from
the filing of the
complaint of
information
Arrest
without
warrant,
when
lawful:
a) When, in his
presence, the
person to be
arrested has
committed, is
actually
committing, or
is attempting to
commit an
offense;
b) When an
offense has just
been
committed and
he has
probable cause
to believe
based on
personal
knowledge of
facts or
circumstances
that the person
to be arrested
has committed
it; and
c) When the
person to be
arrested is a
prisoner who
has escaped
from a penal
establishment
or place where
he is serving
final judgment
or is
temporarily
confined while
his case is
pending, or has
escaped while
being
transferred
from one
confinement to
another (Sec.
5, Rule 113).
Answer.
(Waiver of right) Consent cannot be
presumed simply because the accused
failed to object to the search. To
constitute a waiver, it must appear that:
a. The right exists;
b. The person involved had
knowledge, actual or constructive,
of the existence of such rights; and
c. Actual intention to relinquish
such rights (People v. Burgos,
G.R. No. 92739, Aug. 2, 1991).
Answer.
May validly be made without a search
warrant because the vessel or aircraft can
quickly move out of the jurisdiction before
such warrant could be secured (People v.
Lo Ho Wing, G.R. No. 88017, Jan. 21,
1991).
for
an
Answer.
1. Motion to quash the search warrant;
2. Motion to suppress as evidence the
objects illegally taken (exclusionary rule
any
evidence
obtained
through
unreasonable searches and seizures
shall be inadmissible for any purpose in
any proceeding);
3. Replevin, if the objects are legally
possessed; and
4. Certiorari, where the search warrant is
a patent nullity.