Custodial Investigation Rights (RA 7438)

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1. Under Section3, may custodial investigation proceed when no lawyer is available?
2. A detained suspect asks to consult privately with counsel. Police allow counsel into the room but insist on listening t…
3. Police obtain a written Article125 waiver signed by the arrested person in an officer’s presence, with no counsel prese…
4. A detained person’s chosen doctor seeks an urgent examination at night. The custodian asserts that RA7438 allows all me…
5. A custodial confession is oral only. The State relies specifically on Section2(d) and says witnesses can replace its wr…
6. Analyze the Article125 waiver signed at a police desk without counsel, even though it is written and the officer attest…
7. Explain the statutory balance between urgent medical access at night and detention security under RA7438.
8. Investigators admit a lawyer but prohibit private consultation, then say counsel was present throughout. Explain the di…