Tag: rights of the accused

— Constitutional Law —

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. ELIZAR TOMAQUIN G.R. No. 133188 July 23, 2004 Bill of Rights, Rights of an Accused

January 26, 2018

FACTS: Elizar Tomaquin was found by the lower Court to be guilty of the crime of murder of Jaquelyn Tatoy beyond reasonable doubt. Petitioner avers that the trial Court erred when it convicted him on the basis of his uncounselled confession. The Court is confronted with the issue of the admissibility of an extrajudicial confession.… Read More PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. ELIZAR TOMAQUIN G.R. No. 133188 July 23, 2004 Bill of Rights, Rights of an Accused

— Constitutional Law, Political Law, Remedial Law —

PEOPLE VS. DOMINGO REYES G.R. No. 178300 March 17, 2009 581 SCRA 691 Rights of an Accused, Evidence, Extra-judicial Confessions

October 16, 2017

FACTS: On July 16, 1999, at Sitio Lambakin, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, accused-appellant, conspiring, confederating and mutually helping one another and grouping themselves together with Juanito Pataray Cayaban, Federico Pataray Cabayan and Rommel Libarnes Acejo, who are still at large, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, by means of force and intimidation… Read More PEOPLE VS. DOMINGO REYES G.R. No. 178300 March 17, 2009 581 SCRA 691 Rights of an Accused, Evidence, Extra-judicial Confessions