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In extradition proceedings, is a prosprective extraditee entitled to notice and hearing before the
warrant for his/her arrest is issued? Find jurisprudence to support your answer.

Yes, the prospective extraditee is entitled to notice and hearing before the warrant of arrest is
issued on the grounds that the prospective extradite is not a flight risk nor a danger to the community.
To serve as a precedent, it is relatively important to use the special civil action for certiorari and
prohibition directed against the Orders dated May 7, 2003 and May 9, 2003 of the Regional Trial Court of
Manila, Branch 17 in Case No. 01-190375, which then cancelled the bail of the petitioners and denied
their motion for reconsideration. Docketed as G.R. No. 157977, proving that the extraditee has not been
shown to be a flight risk nor a danger to the community, the decision of the Supreme Court En Banc
declared the petitioner Imelda Gener Rodriguez entitled to bail, ordered her cancelled bail restored, and
ordered the warrant for her arrest revoked.

2. Entoy, a Filipino, in a fit of rage, killed his girlfriend, who, unknown to him was the daughter of the
Prime Minister of Canada. The girl, during their short-lived relationship, pretended to be an American
foreign student completing her education in the Philippines. The Canadian Government has requested
the Philippines to extradite him under the RP-Canada Extradition Treaty. Is the Philippines under
obligation to extradite Entoy? State the applicable rule and its

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