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PEOPLE vs. Lydia T. Rama

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LYDIA RAMA y TAMOD, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 80738 | 1990-02-26

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

The Court acquits the accused-appellant herein for failure of the authorities to inform her of her constitutional right, specifically, her right to counsel. The facts, as found by the court a quo, * are as follows:

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From the evidence adduced in this case, it appeared that: on March 12, 1986, at about 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Macabecha Africa and her five young children including her 3-year old child, Yveeh, were at the Don Bosco Youth Center in Tondo, Manila. While there, the child Yveeh asked her permission to jingle or urinate at a distance several meters away. However, the child,...