Practice question
A lawyer says that because a private recorder was not a State agent, Republic Act No. 4200 can never supply an exclusion ground. The interception is stipulated to violate that Act and no exception applies. Distinguish the statutory question from State attribution under the constitutional guarantee.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 4200, Sections 1 and 4: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1965/ra_4200_1965.html
- Ramirez v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 93833, September 28, 1995, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1995/sep1995/gr_93833_1995.html
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