Valmonte v. de Villa, (G.R. No. 83988 September 29, 1989)
Valmonte v. de Villa, (G.R. No. 83988 September 29, 1989)
ISSUE
Do the military and police checkpoints violate the right of the people
against unreasonable search and seizures?
RULING
NO, military and police checkpoints DO NOT violate the right of the people
against unreasonable search and seizures.
xxx. Not all searches and seizures are prohibited. Those which are
reasonable are not forbidden. A reasonable search is not to be determined
by any fixed formula but is to be resolved according to the facts of each
case.
Where, for example, the officer merely draws aside the curtain of a vacant
vehicle which is parked on the public fair grounds, or simply looks into a
vehicle, or flashes a light therein, these do not constitute unreasonable
search.