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People Vs Romeo Tizon Y Inking A.K.A Romy Bondat/Bungal

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO TIZON y INKING a.k.a ROMY BONDAT/BUNGAL, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 126955 | 1999-10-28

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

The Court starts with the basic thesis that the fundamental law guarantees that no person shall ever be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.[1] The law is particularly zealous in the criminal justice system when the life or liberty of an individual is at stake. An accusation by the State is never synonymous with guilt. Even when an indictee himself accepts full responsibility for a crime, such as by his plea of guilt, an adherence to the constitutional precepts are not dispensed with, and the courts are neither excused from their duty to act with the greatest caution in seeing to...