1. ARTICLE 3. BILL OF RIGHTS
1) DUE PROCESS 7) LIBERTY OF ABODE &
2) EQUAL PROTECTION TRAVEL
3) FREEDOM FROM 8) THE IMPAIRMAINT
UNWARRANTED CLAUSE
SEARCHES AND SEIZURES 9) EX POST FACTO LAWS
4) PRIVACY OF 10) NON-IMPRISONMENT FOR
COMMUNICATIONS AND DEBT
CORRESPONDENCE 11) INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE
5) FREEDOM OF 12) THE WRIT OF HABEAS
EXPRESSION CORPUS
6) FREEDOM OF RELIGION 13) RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED
5. CUSTODIAL INVESTIGATION
“questioning initiated by law enforcement
officers after a person has been taken into
custody or otherwise deprived of his freedom of
action in any significant way”
7. “it is likewise timely to impress anew on police
officials that the imperative requirements of
truth and humanity condemn the utilization of
force and violence to extract confessions from
unwilling victims. Crimes must be punished and
the guilty must not be allowed to escape. A
desirable end cannot, however, be attained by
unconstitutional means. There should be less
than full blown respect for the law if in the
process of enforcing it lawless methods are
employed”
9. RIGHT TO
BAIL
“Bail is the security given for the release of a
person in custody of the law, furnished by him
or a bondsman, conditioned upon his
appearance before any court as may be
required”
10. “In all
criminal
prosecutions,
the accused
shall be
PRESUMED
INNOCENT
until the
contrary is
proved”
11. RIGHT TO BE
HEARD
the accused
“shall enjoy the
RIGHT TO BE
HEARD by
himself and
counsel
12. RIGHT TO BE HEARD BY COUNSEL
“without counsel, he may be convicted not
because he is guilty but because he does
not know how to establish his innocence”
13. NATURE AND CAUSE OF ACCUSATION
“The defendant is entitled to know the
nature and cause of the accusation against
him so he can ADEQUATELY PREPARE for his
defense.”
14. SPEEDY, IMPARTIAL AND PUBLIC TRIAL
“the speedy determination of an action
implies a speedy trial, speed is not the
chief objective of a trial.”
18. DOUBLE JEOPARDY
REQUISITES:
1. Valid complaint or
information
2. Filed before a competent
court
3. Defendant had pleaded
4. Which he had been
previously acquitted or
which was dismissed or
otherwise terminated
without his express
consent.