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Week 17 - Rule 126 - Search and Seizure

November 26, 2026
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Week 17 Coverage Table

The table below mirrors the coverage sheet's assigned cases for Week 17 and links each item to its digest page. Entries marked supra re-assign a case already listed earlier in the week under a later subtopic; they point at the same digest.
0 of 55 assigned cases have digests. The remaining 55 are marked digest pending.
Class. records how the case actually stands to the subtopic it was assigned under — DIRECT (the Court squarely applies the doctrine), ANALOGOUS (it decides the point under a different provision or doctrine), REJECTED (the Court found the doctrine not established), INCIDENTAL (the doctrine is mentioned but the disposition rests elsewhere). Reciting a REJECTED case as if it were DIRECT inverts the holding.
#Assigned CaseTopic/SubtopicClass.Digest
1Veridiano vs. People, G.R. No. 200370, June 7, 20171 — Basisdigest pending
2Stonehill vs. Diokno, G.R. No. L-19550, June 19, 19671 — Basisdigest pending
3Katz vs. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 19671 — Basisdigest pending
4People vs. Marti, G.R. No. 81561, January 18, 19911 — Basisdigest pending
5Te vs. Breva, G.R. No. 164974, August 5, 20152 — Definitiondigest pending
6Sps. Marimla vs. People, G.R. No. 158467, October 16, 20093 — Court Where Application for Search Warrant May Be Fileddigest pending
7Kenneth Roy vs. Taypin, G.R. No. 134217, May 11, 20003 — Court Where Application for Search Warrant May Be Fileddigest pending
8People vs. Chiu, G.R. Nos. 142915-16, February 27, 20043 — Court Where Application for Search Warrant May Be Fileddigest pending
9People vs. Nuñez, G.R. No. 177148, June 30, 20094 — Personal Property to Be Seizeddigest pending
10Tambasen vs. CA, G.R. No. 89103, July 14, 19954 — Personal Property to Be Seizeddigest pending
11Santos vs. Pryce Gases, Inc., G.R. No. 165122, November 23, 20075 — Requisites for Issuing a Search Warrantdigest pending
12Century Chinese Medicine Co. vs. People, G.R. No. 188526, November 11, 20135 — Requisites for Issuing a Search Warrantdigest pending
13PLDT vs. Alvarez, G.R. No. 179408, March 5, 20145 — Requisites for Issuing a Search Warrantdigest pending
14La Chemise Lacoste, S.A. vs. Fernandez, G.R. Nos. L-63796-97, May 2, 19845 — Requisites for Issuing a Search Warrantdigest pending
15Hon Ne Chan vs. Honda Motor Co., G.R. No. 172775, December 19, 20075 — Requisites for Issuing a Search Warrantdigest pending
16Kho vs. Makalintal, G.R. Nos. 94902-06, April 21, 19995 — Requisites for Issuing a Search Warrantdigest pending
17Worldwide Web Corp. vs. People, G.R. No. 161106, January 13, 20145 — Requisites for Issuing a Search Warrantdigest pending
18Pendon vs. CA, G.R. No. 84873, November 16, 19906 — Duty of a Judge Before Issuing a Warrantdigest pending
19People vs. Mamaril, G.R. No. 147607, January 22, 20046 — Duty of a Judge Before Issuing a Warrantdigest pending
20Yao, Sr. vs. People, G.R. No. 168306, June 19, 20076 — Duty of a Judge Before Issuing a Warrantdigest pending
21Uy vs. Bureau of Internal Revenue, G.R. No. 129651, October 20, 20006 — Duty of a Judge Before Issuing a Warrantdigest pending
22People vs. Aruta, G.R. No. 120915, April 3, 19987 — Issuance and Form of Search Warrantdigest pending
23PICOP vs. Asuncion, G.R. No. 122092, May 19, 19997 — Issuance and Form of Search Warrantdigest pending
24People vs. Estrada, G.R. No. 124461, September 25, 19987 — Issuance and Form of Search Warrantdigest pending
25People vs. Salanguit, G.R. Nos. 133254-55, April 19, 20017 — Issuance and Form of Search Warrantdigest pending
26Quelnan vs. People, G.R. No. 166061, July 6, 20077 — Issuance and Form of Search Warrantdigest pending
27Pangandaman vs. Casar, G.R. No. L-71782, April 14, 19887 — Issuance and Form of Search Warrantdigest pending
28People vs. CA, G.R. No. 126379, June 26, 19987 — Issuance and Form of Search Warrantdigest pending
29People vs. Del Norte, G.R. No. 149462, March 29, 20047 — Issuance and Form of Search Warrantdigest pending
30Al-Ghoul vs. CA, G.R. No. 126859, September 4, 20017 — Issuance and Form of Search Warrantdigest pending
31People vs. Go, G.R. No. 144639, September 12, 20037 — Issuance and Form of Search Warrantdigest pending
32Vallejo vs. CA, G.R. No. 156413, April 14, 20047 — Issuance and Form of Search Warrantdigest pending
33People vs. Simbahon, G.R. No. 132371, April 9, 20037 — Issuance and Form of Search Warrantdigest pending
34People vs. Dichoso, G.R. Nos. 101216-18, June 4, 19937 — Issuance and Form of Search Warrantdigest pending
35People vs. Huang Zhen Hua, G.R. No. 139301, September 29, 20048 — Right to Break Door or Window to Effect Searchdigest pending
36People vs. Del Castillo, G.R. No. 153254, September 30, 20049 — Search of House/Room/Premises to Be Made in the Presence of Two Witnessesdigest pending
37Quintero vs. NBI, G.R. No. L-35149, June 23, 19889 — Search of House/Room/Premises to Be Made in the Presence of Two Witnessesdigest pending
38Quintero vs. NBI, G.R. No. L-35149, June 23, 198812 — Receipt for the Property Seizeddigest pending
39People vs. Del Castillo, G.R. No. 153254, September 30, 200412 — Receipt for the Property Seizeddigest pending
40Tenorio vs. CA, G.R. No. 149504, October 10, 200313 — Delivery of Property and Inventory Thereof to Court; Return and Proceedings Thereondigest pending
41Betoy vs. Coliflores, A.M. No. MTJ-05-1608, February 28, 200613 — Delivery of Property and Inventory Thereof to Court; Return and Proceedings Thereondigest pending
42Macalat vs. CA, G.R. No. 123595, December 12, 199714 — Search Incidental to a Lawful Arrestdigest pending
43People vs. Chua, G.R. Nos. 136066-67, February 4, 200314 — Search Incidental to a Lawful Arrestdigest pending
44People vs. Sarap, G.R. No. 132165, March 26, 200314 — Search Incidental to a Lawful Arrestdigest pending
45People vs. Leangsiri, G.R. No. 112659, January 24, 199614 — Search Incidental to a Lawful Arrestdigest pending
46Valeroso vs. CA, G.R. No. 164815, September 3, 200914 — Search Incidental to a Lawful Arrestdigest pending
47People vs. Malmstedt, G.R. No. 91107, June 19, 199115.a — Other Instances of Valid Warrantless Search: Stop and Frisk Situationdigest pending
48Posadas vs. CA, G.R. No. 89139, August 2, 199015.a — Other Instances of Valid Warrantless Search: Stop and Frisk Situationdigest pending
49People vs. Mengote, G.R. No. 175783, September 3, 200715.a — Other Instances of Valid Warrantless Search: Stop and Frisk Situationdigest pending
50People vs. Tuazon, 532 SCRA 15215.b — Other Instances of Valid Warrantless Search: Search of Moving Vehiclesdigest pending
51Abenes vs. CA, G.R. No. 156320, February 14, 200715.b — Other Instances of Valid Warrantless Search: Search of Moving Vehiclesdigest pending
52Caballes vs. CA, G.R. No. 136292, January 15, 200215.b — Other Instances of Valid Warrantless Search: Search of Moving Vehiclesdigest pending
53People vs. Musa, G.R. No. 96177, January 27, 199315.c — Other Instances of Valid Warrantless Search: Evidence in Plain Viewdigest pending
54Ong vs. CA, G.R. No. 119858, April 29, 200316 — Motion to Quash Search Warrant or to Suppress Evidencedigest pending
55Demaisip vs. People, G.R. No. 89393, January 25, 199116 — Motion to Quash Search Warrant or to Suppress Evidencedigest pending

Topic Notes

Explanatory notes carried in the coverage sheet for the outline items themselves, as distinct from the assigned cases.

10. Time of Making Search

A search warrant must generally be served in the daytime, unless the warrant itself directs that it may be served at any time of the day or night, based on an affidavit asserting that the property is on the person or place to be searched.

11. Validity of Search Warrant

A search warrant is valid for only TEN (10) days from its date; it becomes void after the lapse of that period, and any search conducted thereafter on the strength of the same warrant is invalid.

d. Customs Searches

Customs officials may search vessels, aircraft, and persons/articles for dutiable items without a warrant, pursuant to their police power to enforce customs and tariff laws, given the reduced expectation of privacy at ports of entry.

e. Consented Search

A warrantless search is valid where the person concerned gives VOLUNTARY, unequivocal, specific, and intelligent consent, uncontaminated by any duress or coercion — mere passive/peaceful submission to an assertion of authority is not consent but simply acquiescence to the supremacy of the law.

f. Exigent/Emergency Circumstances

A warrantless search or seizure may be justified by genuine emergency circumstances making it impracticable to first secure a warrant, such as imminent destruction of evidence or immediate danger to life.

g. Search of Vessels and Aircraft

Given their mobility and the practical difficulty of securing a warrant before they depart the jurisdiction, vessels and aircraft may be validly searched without a warrant under circumstances analogous to the moving-vehicle exception.

h. Inspection of Buildings for Fire, Sanitary, and Building Regulations

Routine administrative inspections of buildings and premises to enforce fire, sanitary, and building codes are a valid exercise of police power and do not require a search warrant, being regulatory rather than criminal investigatory in nature.
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