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(Inquest)
assistance of counsel. They also claim that the pointing of the location
of the laptop is a violation of their right to self-incrimination. Hence,
the evidence against them are inadmissible.
In this case, Brgy. Captain Meliton Portabes, Jr. believed that the
Respondents had something to do with the robbery incident. Precisely,
he ordered the Tanods to bring them to the Barangay Hall to be
questioned after the Complainant reported the robbery incident. Such
questioning partakes the nature of a custodial investigation where the
investigation is no longer a general inquiry into an unsolved crime but
starts to focus on a particular person as a suspect. Rights of persons
under custodial investigation should have been observed.
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Unless otherwise detained for some other legal cause, the Chief
of Police of PNP Sulop Municipal Police Station is hereby directed to
release Charlie Arnosa from detention. The Department of Social
Welfare and Development is likewise directed to release from their
custody the minors, Ricric Arnosa and Sherwin Noland.
SO ORDERED.
TERESITA T. MANABENG-RECTO
Provincial Prosecutor
MCLE Compliance No. V-0009808
Copy Furnished:
1. Teresa Alcasid Purok 1, Brgy. Talas, Sulop, Davao del Sur
2. Ricric Arnosa Purok 5, McKinley, Sulop, Davao del Sur
3. Sherwin Noland Purok 7, Sulop, Davao del Sur
4. Charlie Arnosa - Purok 7, Sulop, Davao del Sur
5. The Chief of Police PNP Sulop Municipal Police Station, Davao
del Sur
6. Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer, DSWD, Sulop,
DDS
7. Atty.Lorenzo L. Matura Fronting Roman Catholic Church,
Padada, DDS
8. Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office- Sulop, Davao
del Sur
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