COVERAGE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW II

MIDTERM EXAM

Notes:

• This document shall serve as the coverage for midterm exam

• All cases in this syllabus will be used or be asked in the exam
• Principles of topics herein with or without assigned cases shall
likewise be asked. Thus, as advised several times, please read multiple
commentaries
• The exam will be 100 items with 20 pts MCQ, 20 pts identification/fill in
the blanks and 60 pts Essay. The midterm exam will be on 27 March 2019,
3-5PM at USC Law Moot Court.

BILL OF RIGHTS

1. Bill of Rights in General

a. Serrano v. NLRC, GR No. 117040, 27 January 2000.

b. Republic v. Sandiganbayan, GR No. 104768, 21 July 2003.

SECTION 1. DUE PROCESS

2. Concept of Life, Liberty and Property

3. Property Rights of Aliens, Corporations, Employees, Public Officials

• Villegas v. Hiu Chiong, GR No. L-29646, 10 November 1978
• Rivera v. Genesis Transport Service, Inc., G.R. No. 215568, 3 August
3 2015
• Republic v. Rosemoor Mining & Development Corp., G.R. No. 149927,
30 March 2004.
• Crespo v. Provincial Board of Nueva Ecija, G.R. No. L-33237, 15 April
1988.

4. Substantive Due Process

5. Procedural Due Process

6. Impartial Court or Tribunal

• Secretary of Justice v. Lantion, G.R. No. 139465, 18 January 2000.
Read ALSO the Separate Opinion of J. Vitug.
• Lai y Bilbao v. People, G.R. No. 175999, 1 July 2015.
• Tabuena v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. Nos. 103501-03 & 103507, 17
February 1997.
 • People v. Herida y Bernabe, G.R. No. 127158, 5 March 2001.
• Cruz v. Civil Service Commission, G.R. No. 144464, 27 November
2001.

7. Jurisdiction over the person and over the subject matter

8. Opportunity to be heard
• Lim v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 111397, 12 August 2002.
• Bonot v. Prila, G.R. No. 219525, 6 August 2018.
• Roxas v. Vasquez, G.R. No. 114944 (Resolution), 29 May 2002.
• Dy Teban Trading, Inc. v. Dy, G.R. No. 185647, 26 July 2017.

9. Lawful Hearing/Appeals
• Boardwalk Business Ventures, Inc. v. Villareal, G.R. No. 181182, 10
April 2003.

10. Due Process in Criminal Prosecutions

• Rule 112, Section 1 of the Rules of Court. (Preliminary Investigation)
• Rule 112, Section 7 of the Rules of Court. (Inquest)
• De Lima v. Reyes, G.R. No. 209330, 11 January 2016.
• Estrada v. Office of the Ombudsman, G.R. Nos. 212140-41, 21
January 2015.

11. Administrative Due Process

EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE

12. Basic Concepts

13. Requisites for Valid Classification
14. Substantial Distinction
• Disini v. Secretary of Justice, GR No. 23335, 22 April 2014.
• People v. Jalosjos, GR No. 132875, 3 February 2000.
15. Germane to the Subject of the Law
16. Applies Equally to Future Conditions
17. Applies Equally to Members of the Same Class

SECTION 2. SEARCHES AND SEIZURES.

1. Who can Invoke the Right

• Stonehill v. Diokno, G.R. No. L-19550, [June 19, 1967], 126 PHIL 738-
766)

2. Burden; Reasonableness of Search a Judicial Question

• Valmonte v. De Villa, G.R. No. 83988, [September 29, 1989], 258 PHIL
838-848)
3. Zones of Privacy and Privacy in Digital Age
• Vivares v. St. Theresa's College, G.R. No. 202666, [September 29,
2014], 744 PHIL 451-480)
• Belo-Henares V. Guevarra, A.C. No. 11394, [December 1, 2016])

4. Decisional v. Informational Privacy

• Disini v. Secretary of Justice, GR No. 23335, 22 April 2014

5. Search warrant, defined

• Rule 126, Sec. 1, Rules of Court

6. Warrant of arrest, defined

• Rule 113, Sec. 1, Rules of Court

7. Requisites for valid issuance

• Sec. 2, Art. III, 1987 Constitution

a. Probable cause, defined

• Agcaoili v. Molina, 249 SCRA 482

• Stonehill v. Diokno, 20 SCRA 383
• Del Castillo v. People, G.R. No. 185128, [January 30, 2012], 680 PHIL
447-467)

b. Personal determination by a judge

• Paper Industries Corporation of the Philippines v. Asuncion, G.R. No.

122092, 19 May 1999.
• People v. Maderazo y Romero, G.R. No. 235348, [December 10, 2018])

c. Particularity of description

• People v. Tee, G.R. Nos. 140546-47, [January 20, 2003], 443 PHIL
521-554)
• People v. Veloso, G.R. No. 23051, [October 20, 1925], 48 PHIL 169-
183)
• Vallejo v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 156413, [April 14, 2004], 471
PHIL 670-689)
• Worldwide Web Corp. v. People, G.R. Nos. 161106 & 161266,
[January 13, 2014], 724 PHIL 18-46)

8. Conduct of Searches; See Rule 126, Section 7 of the Rules of Court

9. Effect of Failure to Comply with Rule 126, Section 7

10. Scattershot Warrant

 • People v. Court of Appeals, 216 SCRA 101
• People v. Salanguit y Ko, G.R. Nos. 133254-55, [April 19, 2001]

11. General Warrants; Generally Invalid; When Valid

12. Warrantless Arrests; All Instances and their requisites

• Rule 113, Sec. 5, Rules of Court

• People v. Aminnudin y Ahni, G.R. No. 74869, [July 6, 1988],
246 PHIL 424-435)
• People v. Cunanan y David, G.R. No. 198024, [March 16, 2015])
• Reyes y Capistrano v. People, G.R. No. 229380, [June 6, 2018])

13. Warrantless Searches; All Instances and their requisites

• Rule 126, Section 12, Rules of Court

• People v. Aruta y Menguin, G.R. No. 120915, [April 13, 1998],
351 PHIL 868-895)
• RA 6235, Section 9.

14. Checkpoint Search; Routinary; Extensive

15. Administrative Arrests