Custodial interrogation
means any questioning initiated by law enforcement authorities after a person
is taken into custody or otherwise deprived of his freedom of action in any
significant manner.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Thursday, December 4, 2014
HEARSAY:
Section
36 of Rule 130 of the Rules of Court provides that witnesses can testify only with regard to facts of which they have personal
knowledge; otherwise, their testimonies would be inadmissible for being hearsay
Since the witnesses merely attested to the voluntariness and due execution of
the respective extrajudicial confessions of the accused, insofar as the
substance of those confessions is concerned, the testimonies of the police
witnesses are mere hearsay.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
HIERARCHY OF EVIDENTIARY VALUES:
In the hierarchy of evidentiary values, proof beyond
reasonable doubt is at the highest level, followed by clear and
convincing evidence, then by preponderance of evidence, and lastly
by substantial evidence, in that order.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
FORECLOSURE AND WRIT OF POSSESSION:
It is settled that questions regarding the validity
of a mortgage or its foreclosure as well as the sale of the property covered by
the mortgage cannot be raised as ground to deny the issuance of a writ of
possession. Any such questions must be determined in a subsequent proceeding. x x x x If
the mortgagor failed to redeem the mortgage within the reglementary period,
entitlement to the writ of possession becomes a matter of right and the
issuance thereof is merely a ministerial function.
The
judge to whom an application for a writ of possession is filed need not look
into the validity of the mortgage or the manner of its foreclosure. Until the
foreclosure sale is annulled, the issuance of the writ of possession is
ministerial. In fact, even during the
period of redemption, the purchaser is entitled as of right to a
writ of possession provided a bond is posted to indemnify the debtor in case
the foreclosure sale is shown to have been conducted without complying with
the requirements of the law. More so when, as in the present case, the
redemption period has expired and ownership is vested in the purchaser. x x x The
defaulting mortgagor is not without any expedient remedy, however. For under Section 8 of Act 3135, as amended by Act
4118, it can file with the court which issues the writ of possession a petition for cancellation of the writ
within 30 days after the purchaser-mortgagee was given possession. IN FINE, it would be a grievous error for
QC-RTC, Branch 77 to deny petitioners motion for the issuance of a writ of
possession.
Monday, December 1, 2014
SHARI’A DISTRICT COURTS:
All
cases involving disposition, distribution and settlement of the estate of
deceased Muslims, probate of wills, issuance of letters of administration or
appointment of administrators or executors regardless of the nature or the
aggregate value of the property shall be under the exclusive original
jurisdiction of the Shari’a District Courts.
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