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PEOPLE. Vs. Ferdinand Camalog

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FERDINAND CAMALOG and NOVELITO SOTTO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 77116 | 1989-01-31

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

When is a confession legally sufficient in accordance with the system of criminal justice in this country? The present case brought before this Court on appeal from a decision of the Regional Trial Court of Cavite in Criminal Case No. TM-140 entited People versus Armando de los Reyes, et al., projects this issue.

In an Information that was filed by the Provincial Fiscal of Cavite, Armando de los Reyes, Ferdinand Camalog and Novelito Sotto were charged with the crime of Robbery with Homicide before the Regional Trial Court of Cavite. It reads as follows:

"That on or about June 12, 1985, In the municipality...