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2010-01-19 |
CORONA, J. |
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| Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet. The rule on res inter alios acta provides that the rights of a party cannot be prejudiced by an act, declaration, or omission of another.[32] Consequently, an extrajudicial confession is binding only on the confessant, is not admissible against his or her co-accused[33] and is considered as hearsay against them.[34] The reason for this rule is that: on a principle of good faith and mutual convenience, a man's own acts are binding upon himself, and are evidence against him. So are his conduct and declarations. Yet it would not only be rightly inconvenient, but also manifestly unjust, that a man should be bound by the acts of mere unauthorized strangers; and if a party ought not to be bound by the acts of strangers, neither ought their acts or conduct be used as evidence against him.[35] | |||||