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DENIEGA
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be the duty of the arresting officer to inform him of the reason for
the arrest and he must be shown the warrant of arrest, if any. He
shall be informed of his constitutional rights to remain silent and to
counsel, and that any statement he might make could be used
against him. The person arrested shall have the right to
communicate with his lawyer, a relative, or anyone he chooses by
the most expedient means·by telephone if possible·or by letter or
messenger. It shall be the responsibility of the arresting officer to
see to it that this is accomplished. No custodial investigation shall
be conducted unless it be in the presence of
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KAPUNAN, J.:
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Quezon City Chapter of the IBP, who testified that he assisted appellant
Diaz during the latterÊs custodial investigation.
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The court finds it hard to believe that (Atty. Sansano and Atty.
Rous), both of whom are officers of the Legal Aid Committee of the
IBP and are prominent practitioners of great integrity, would act as
the accused said they did. Over and beyond this it appears that the
confessions were executed during daytime and the accused
themselves brought to the Quezon City IBP office at noontime
during office hours when several employees of that chapter were
working, there are usually other lawyers there, and therefore, the
accused, if their confession were really prevaricated beforehand,
had ample atmosphere to tell Atty. Sansano and Atty. Rous,
respectively, that their confession were coerced and untrue. The two
counsels testified that they precisely segregated the accused from
their police escorts to cull out the truth and the accused volunteered
to confess to the crime at bar;
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Rey Deniega was arrested at around 6:30 in the morning and Hoyle
Diaz at around 9:30 in the morning Rey was brought to the IBP at
around 11:00 in the morning and Hoyle at around 2:00 p.m. of the
same day of their arrest on August 31, 1990. Their confession were
quite lengthily (4 page each) and filled with details. There is
nothing in the record to show that the apprehending officers are
clever and articulate enough to be able to fabricate in a short a time
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the kind of confessions submitted here x x x.
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lawyers assist 24
them during the process of custodial
investigation.
Clearly, the standards utilized by police authorities (and
the lawyers) to assure the constitutional rights of the
accused in the case at bench fall short of the standards
demanded by our case
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22 Ibid., p. 38.
23 TSN, September 24, 1990, p. 11.
24 TSN, Nov. 24, 1990, pp. 57-110.
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case of People vs. Galit.
The 1987 Constitution provided a stricter rule by
mandating that waiver of the right to counsel must be
made not only in the presence of counsel but also in
writing. Article III, Section 12 provides:
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29 219 SCRA 404, 418 (1993) citing People vs. Nicandro, supra.
30 People vs. Saludar, 188 SCRA 189, 197 (1990).
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31 Gamboa v. Cruz, G.R. No. 56291, June 27, 1988, 162 SCRA 642, 648.
32 TSN, April 17, 1991, p. 11.
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