Category: Constitutional Law

— Constitutional Law, Criminal Law —

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. JUAN NABALUNA et. al. G.R. No. L-60087 July 7, 1986 Voluntariness test in the Galit doctrine, Extra-judicial Confessions

October 16, 2017

FACTS: The accused-appellants Juan Nabaluna and Edgardo Empuerto, were found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Robbery with Homicide and were sentenced to suffer the penalty of death. The uniform and main thrust of appellants’ principal argument is that, their extra-judicial statements were improperly admitted as evidence against them as these were obtained… Read More PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. JUAN NABALUNA et. al. G.R. No. L-60087 July 7, 1986 Voluntariness test in the Galit doctrine, Extra-judicial Confessions

— Constitutional Law, Remedial Law —

Go vs. Ramos G.R. No. 167569 Sept. 4, 2009 Bail, Writ of Habeas Corpus, Deportation

October 16, 2017

  FACTS: These petitions stemmed from the complaint-affidavit for deportation initiated by Luis T. Ramos before the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (now Bureau of Immigration) against Jimmy T. Go alleging that the latter is an illegal and undesirable alien. Luis alleged that while Jimmy represents himself as a Filipino citizen, Jimmy’s personal circumstances and… Read More Go vs. Ramos G.R. No. 167569 Sept. 4, 2009 Bail, Writ of Habeas Corpus, Deportation

— Constitutional Law, Political Law, Remedial Law —

PEOPLE VS. DOMINGO REYES G.R. No. 178300 March 17, 2009 581 SCRA 691 Rights of an Accused, Evidence, Extra-judicial Confessions

October 16, 2017

FACTS: On July 16, 1999, at Sitio Lambakin, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, accused-appellant, conspiring, confederating and mutually helping one another and grouping themselves together with Juanito Pataray Cayaban, Federico Pataray Cabayan and Rommel Libarnes Acejo, who are still at large, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, by means of force and intimidation… Read More PEOPLE VS. DOMINGO REYES G.R. No. 178300 March 17, 2009 581 SCRA 691 Rights of an Accused, Evidence, Extra-judicial Confessions