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[2/2] PEOPLE vs. Jerry Rapeza y Francisco

[2/2] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus JERRY RAPEZA y FRANCISCO, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 169431 [Formerly G.R. Nos. 149891-92] | 2007-04-03

Confession was not made with
the assistance of competent and
independent counsel of appellant's
choice.


Appellant denies that he was ever assisted by a lawyer from the moment he was arrested until before he was arraigned. On the other hand, the prosecution admits that appellant was provided with counsel only when he was questioned at the house of Atty. Reyes to which appellant was allegedly taken from the police station.

SPO2 Gapas testified that he "talked" to appellant when they got to the police station at 11 o'clock in the morning of 22 October 1995 and the result of their "talk" was that appellant would give his...