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Question XV
XV. Atty. Dalmacio, the Director of the National Bureau of Investigation, applied for a search warrant before the Executive Judge of RTC Manila. He alleged in his application that a certain alias Django was keeping about 10 kilos of shabu in a wooden cabinet located at Dillian's Store in Paseo de Sta. Rosa, Laguna. The Executive Judge of Manila personally examined Atty. Dalmacio and his witnesses and thereafter issued the search warrant particularly describing the place to be
searched and the items to be seized.
(a)(a) Can the search warrant issued by the Executive Judge of Manila be enforced in Laguna? (2.5%)
(b)(b) Can the legal concept of "venue is jurisdictional" be validly raised in applications for search warrants? (2.5%)
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