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PEOPLE Vs. Eduardo L. De Jesus, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDUARDO DE JESUS y LIAMSY, CARLOS TUPAZ y PAMINTUAN, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 91535 | 1992-09-02

D E C I S I O N


NOCON, J.:

The main issue raised in this appeal is whether admissions obtained during custodial interrogations without the benefit of Miranda warnings and in the absence of counsel are admissible in evidence when the same are later reduced into writing and signed in the presence of counsel.

Accused Carlos Tupaz filed this appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig, Metro Manila in Criminal Case No. 70857, finding him and his co-accused, Eduardo de Jesus guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Robbery with Homicide. The dispositive portion of the decision reads:

"ACCORDINGLY, the Court finds...