 As Chief Justice, he paved the way of accepting a more liberal approach regarding the individual rights and liberties, whether personal or civil.Said acceptance was shown in the admissibility of evidence, in which the Supreme Court, under his helm, declared that illegally seized evidence is not admissible (though some jurisdictions, including the U.S., made inadmissible evidence illegally seized objects earlier on, it was only in 1967 that such evidence in Philippine jurisdiction was deemed unacceptable).He was a good administrator of the Court, and followed a systematic approach in the assignment and organization of the casework.