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2003-08-12 |
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J. |
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| Rule 130, Section 26 of the Rules of Court defines an admission as an "act, declaration or omission of a party as to a relevant fact." A confession, on the other hand, under Section 33 of the same Rule is the "declaration of an accused acknowledging his guilt of the offense charged, or of any offense necessarily included therein." Both may be given in evidence against the person admitting or confessing. On the whole, a confession, as distinguished from an admission, is a declaration made at any time by a person, voluntarily and without compulsion or inducement, stating or acknowledging that he had committed or participated in the commission of a crime.[5] | |||||