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That proof is missing in this case. The ban against uncounselled confessions
is even more pronounced under the Bill of Rights of the 1987 Constitution x x
x Hence, after 1987 regardless of whether or not the confession of the
accused is true, as long as it was given without the assistance of counsel, it
becomes inadmissible in evidence although it was a product of the accuseds
own free will and volition in view of the current policy with respect to
extrajudicial confessions based on the Bill of Rights.