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2015-11-11 |
VILLARAMA, JR., J. |
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| In the issuance of a search warrant, probable cause requires such facts and circumstances that would lead a reasonably prudent man to believe that an offense has been committed and the objects sought in connection with that offense are in the place to be searched. There is no exact test for the determination of probable cause in the issuance of search warrants. It is a matter wholly dependent on the finding of trial judges in the process of exercising their judicial function. When a finding of probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant is made by a trial judge, the finding is accorded respect by reviewing courts.[20] | |||||
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2015-02-16 |
PERALTA, J. |
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| Unfortunately, the foregoing reasoning of the CA, is inceptionally flawed, because as pronounced by the Court in Malaloan v. Court of Appeals,[14] and reiterated in the more recent Worldwide Web Corporation v. People of the Philippines,[15] to wit: x x x as we held in Malaloan v. Court of Appeals, an application for a search warrant is a "special criminal process," rather than a criminal action: | |||||