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2008-08-20 |
AZCUNA, J. |
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| People v. Aguilar[11] reiterated the guidelines prescribed by the Court in the conduct of a searching inquiry, thus:(1) Ascertain from the accused himself (a) how he was brought into the custody of the law; (b) whether he had the assistance of a competent counsel during the custodial and preliminary investigations; and (c) under what conditions he was detained and interrogated during the investigations. This is intended to rule out the possibility that the accused has been coerced or placed under a state of duress either by actual threats of physical harm coming from malevolent quarters or simply because of the judge's intimidating robes. | |||||