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People Vs. Leonardo Aquino Y Calot And Eduardo Catap Y Estrada

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEONARDO AQUINO Y CALOT and EDUARDO CATAP y ESTRADA, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 123550-51 | 1999-07-19

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

For as long as constitutional safeguards are adequately complied with, a confession constitutes evidence of the highest order since it is supported by the strong presumption that no person of normal mind would deliberately and knowingly confess to a crime unless prompted by truth and his conscience.[1] But since voluntariness in making such confession gives it its probative weight, it is the court's duty to determine in every case that no undue pressure of whatever nature would taint it and render the same inadmissible in evidence. We are not, however, lacking in guidance. In the early case of People v....