WAVE ONE- RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act o !""!# CA$E$ AND %&R'$R&DENCE %&R'$R&DENCE (Note) Due to persistent pu*+ic ,eman, '.m posting topics a*out ,rugs +a/0 ' am ervent+ hoping that ou /i++ rea, everthing in its entiret inc+u,ing the $C citations# A0NA2E O3 4E ACC&$ED D'D NO4 AEAR 'N 4E $EARC WARRAN4 Where the search /arrant is issue, or the search o specica++ ,escri*e, premises on+ an, not or the search o a person the 3A'7&RE 4O NA2E 4E OWNER OR OCC&AN4 o such propert in the a8,avit an, the search /arrant itse+ DOE$ NO4 'NVA7'DA4E the /arrant0 An, /here the NA2E o the OWNER o the premises sought to *e searche, is 'NCORREC47 'N$ER4ED in the search /arrant it is NO4 3A4A7 DE3EC4 '3 AND ON7 '3 the 7E:A7 DE$CR'4'ON O3 4E RE2'$E$ to *e searche, is other/ise CORREC4 so that no ,iscretion is +et to the o8cer ma;ing the search as to the p+ace to *e searche,0 (An, 'R ?9= hi+ @9! 9"@-9"9# >0 A>$ENCE O3 4E ACC&$ED D&R'N: 4E '27E2EN4A4'ON O3 A $EARC WARRAN4 As a matter o +a/ /hen prohi*ite, an, regu+ate, ,rugs are oun, in a house or other *ui+,ing *e+onging to an, occupie, * a particu+ar person the presumption arises that such person is in possession o such ,rugs in vio+ation o +a/ an, the act o n,ing the same is su8cient to convict0 Denia+ +i;e a+i*i has no stan, over the presumption o regu+arit in the perormance o o8cia+ ,ut on the part o the po+ice o8cers0 (eop+e vs0 Deter 4orres :R No0 1="@?= $eptem*er 1! !""6# C0 $A>& WA$ NO4 3O&ND ON 4E ER$ON O3 4E ACC&$ED >&4 'N A >EDROO2 O3 4E RE2'$E$ $&>%EC4 O3 A $EARC WARRAN4 'n cases o ,rugs conviction ec+usive possession or contro+ is NO4 necessar (An, O&4 >&->&$4 2ONE AND 3A'7&RE 4O 4A7 A>O&4 A RE-ARRAN:ED $':NA7 4he a*sence o o a prior survei++ance survei++ance or test-*u ,oes not not aFect the +ega+it +ega+it o the *u-*ust operation0 4here is no tet*oo; metho, o con,ucting *u-*ust operations0
4he court has +et to the ,iscretion o po+ice authorities the se+ection o e+ective means to apprehen, ,rug ,ea+ers0 A R'OR $&RVE'77ANCE is not necessar especia++ /here the po+ice operatives are accompanie, * their inormants ,uring the entrapment03+ei*i+it is a trait o goo, po+ice /or;0 't is not reuire, that a++ mem*ers o the *u-*ust team ;no/ OW the mar;e, mone is to *e pro,uce, an, mar;e, as +ong as their respective ro+es in the operation /as ,u+ carrie, out0 4he 7AC O3 RE-ARRAN:ED $':NA7 is not ata+ to the cause o the prosecution0 4he emp+oment o a pre-arrange, signa+ or the +ac; o it is not in,ispensa*+e in a *u-*ust operation0 What is materia+ to the prosecution or '77E:A7 $A7E o ,angerous ,rugs is the proo that the transaction or sa+e actua++ too; p+ace coup+e, /ith the presentation o the p+astic sachet o sha*u as the corpus ,e+icti0 (eop+e v0 >ernar,o 30 Nico+as :R No0 1="!? 3e*ruar @ !""=# 30 A>$ENCE O3 >O4 AN ARRE$4 AND $EARC WARRAN4 (E$ D&R'N: CECO'N4# 4he reuirement that a Gu,icia+ /arrant 2&$4 *e o*taine, prior to the carring out o a search an, seiHure is NO4 a*so+ute0 An accepta*+e eception thereo is the WARRAN47E$$ $EARC AND $E'I&RE O3 2OV'N: VE'C7E$ since it is ver impractica+ to secure a /arrant to eFect the same0 :R) po+ice o8cers are +imite, to routine chec;s on+0 EBCE4'ON) the are a++o/e, to intru,e '3 &ON RO>A>7E CA&$E the *e+ieve that an automo*i+e contains item artic+e or o*Gect /hich * +a/ is su*Gect to seiHure an, ,estruction0 (eop+e v0 Agpanga 7i*nao an, Rosita Nunga :R No0 1?6@6" %anuar !" !""?# :0 WEN ACC&$ED 4O7D O&) JNO DR&: &$ER WO&7D $E77 4O A $4RAN:ER ON A >&$ $4REE4 'N >ROAD DA7':4K ' pushers pe,,+e ,rugs on+ to persons ;no/n to them then ,rug a*use /ou+, certain+ not *e as rampant as it is to,a an, /ou+, not pose a serious threat to societ0 'n,ee, ,rug pushers se++ their prohi*ite, artic+es to an prospective customer *e he a stranger or not in private as /e++ as in pu*+ic p+aces even ,uring ,atime0 ence /hat matters is not the eisting ami+iarit *et/een the *uer an, the se++er or the time an, venue o the sa+e *ut the act o agreement an, the acts constituting sa+e an, ,e+iver o the prohi*ite, ,rugs0 (eop+e v0 Agpanga 7i*nao an, Rosita Nunga :R No0 1?6@6" %anuar !" !""?#
