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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

EN BANC

[G.R. No. 46356. April 25, 1939. ]

FRUCTUOSA VELASCO VDA. DE TALAVERA, on behalf of her daughter Felicidad Talavera de Cembrano, Petitioner-Appellant, v. THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WARDEN OF THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN AT MANDALUYONG, RIZAL, Respondent-Appellee.

Emiliano T. Tirona and Tomas T. Tinora for Appellant.

Solicitor-General Ozaeta and Assistant Attorney Kapunan, Jr. for Appellee.

SYLLABUS


1. CRIMINAL LAW; FAILURE TO INFORM AN ACCUSED OF HIS RIGHT TO BE ASSISTED BY COUNSEL; HABEAS CORPUS. — The failure of the court to inform the accused before arraignment of his right to be assisted by counsel, is an error of law which should be remedied by appeal and cannot be a ground for a petition for habeas corpus.


D E C I S I O N


VILLA-REAL, J.:


On July 9, 1938, an information was filed with the Court of First Instance of Manila and docketed as criminal case No. 66581, charging Felicidad Talavera de Cembrano with having falsified three different
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