Practice question
An extrajudicial confession is excluded for a separate legal violation. The prosecutor argues that evidence of corpus delicti automatically cures that violation. Which is correct?
- Corroboration addresses sufficiency of a confession otherwise usable; it does not itself cure a separate exclusion ground.
- Corroboration automatically validates every illegally obtained confession.
- Proof of a crime abolishes all confession safeguards.
- Section 3 commands admission of every statement.
- A confession need never be evaluated for admissibility.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC, 2019 Amendments to the Revised Rules on Evidence, effective May 1, 2020; Rules 131-133, specifically the cited sections: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
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