@rappler: Is a subpoena of financial docs intrusive? Pia Cayetano, Diokno discuss 1967 SC ruling WATCH: Senator Pia Cayetano asks if evidence obtained from the House justice committee proceedings are valid if they were obtained improperly, as the impeachment court discusses the prosecution's request to subpoena Vice President Sara Duterte’s financial records. She cites Stonehill vs Diokno, a 1967 Supreme Court ruling that said general search warrants were ruled void. Chel Diokno, son of the justice secretary who was the respondent in that case, explains that a search warrant — which is invasive — is different from a subpoena, which only needs to meet the requirement of relevance and materiality. Diokno says the prosecution satisfied both requirements because the documents are needed to establish that Duterte amassed unexplained wealth. Cayetano asks if getting Duterte’s financial records is just as invasive, but Diokno insists that subpoenaed records are not automatically considered evidence, unlike evidence obtained through a search warrant. #NewsPH #Rappler

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