Episode 52 - Search Warrants (Part 1)

Suppose you were arrested during an implementation of a search warrant which led to the discovery of alleged illegal drugs. You questioned the basis for the issuance of the search warrant. But the judge refused to release the records of the case. You go all the way to the Supreme Court. Can you compel the judge to show you the basis for the issuance of the search warrant?
Listen to the latest episode of the Supreme Court Podcast. In the first of this two-part episode, Supreme Court Chief Communications Officer Atty. Mike Navallo and Atty. Ted Te, Chairperson of the Philippine Judicial Academy Department of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and former Supreme Court Public Information Office Chief, discuss what is a search warrant and the basis for its issuance in the context of G.R. No. 226993, Zafe III and Zafe v. People.