If you have been accused of a crime, you may experience a range of emotions. It makes sense for those accused of crimes to feel angry, sad, scared, hopeless, helpless, or may feel ashamed, or embarrassed. But when you have been accused of a crime, you cannot let your emotions overcome you. One of the best things an accused can do to help their case is to know their legal rights.
In this podcast, Public Atty. Louie Blake S. Sarmiento answered some of the common questions about the following Constitutional rights of the accused: (1) right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; (2) right to remain silent; (3) right to a competent and independent counsel with a side topic on how to avail of the service of the Public Attorneys' Office lawyers; (4) right to bail; and (5) right to have a speedy, impartial and public trial. The said questions are usually raised by the public whenever one is apprehended for the commission of a crime, but sometimes the answers are not concrete enough to enlighten them. For you to know more about the above-mentioned rights, we are inviting you to join our law student practitioners together with Atty. Sarmiento, as they talk about the “Constitutional Rights of the accused from Arrest to Trial” from the perspective of a practicing Public Attorney’s Office lawyer.
