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G.R. No. 129651. October 20, 2000.
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KAPUNAN, J.:
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1 Rollo, p. 264.
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2Id., at 80-81.
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3 Id., at 82.
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4 Id., at 83.
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In this case now before Us, there is no pretention [sic] that the
Court issued the Search Warrants without jurisdiction. On the
contrary, it had jurisdiction. The argument therefore that the
Court committed an error in not describing the persons or things
to be searched; that the Search Warrants did not describe with
particularity the things to be seized/taken; the
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7 Id., citing Director of Lands vs. The Hon. Court of Appeals, 303 SCRA 495
(1999).
8 At note 25, p. 29 of the Petition. (Rollo, p. 55).
9 114 SCRA 657 (1982), cited in the Petition at p. 27. (Rollo, p. 53).
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24 Pendon vs. Court of Appeals, 191 SCRA 429 (1990); Prudente vs.
Dayrit, supra.
25 Pendon vs. Court of Appeals, supra.
26 Prudente vs. Dayrit, supra.
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that you have given me, especially this one which seems
to be pages of a ledger, they show that these are for the
months of Janua ry, February, March, April and May.
Are these transactions reflected in these xerox copies
which appear in the ledger being shown to the BIR?
A As far as I know, it did not appear.
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Although the warrant was defective x x x it does not follow that it was
invalid as a whole. Such a conclusion would mean that the seizure of
certain articles, even though proper if viewed separately, must be
condemned merely because the warrant was defective with respect to
other articles. The invalid portions of the warrant are severable from the
authorization relating to the named books x x x. The search for and
seizure of these books, if otherwise valid, were not rendered illegal by the
defects concerning other articles.
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39 Rollo, p. 44.
40 Uy Kheytin vs. Villareal, supra.
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