CASSY C.

BARRAS
CIVIL LAW
2D
PROCEDURE

UST FACULTY OF
CRIMINAL

BRIEF AND PERSONAL REPORT ON THE ARRAIGNMENT PROCEEDINGS

(REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, NATIONAL
CAPITAL REGION, BRANCH 49, MANILA)
The case was estafa case penalized under Article 315 (2) of the Revised Penal
Code, entitled People vs. RHEA LAZO aka RHEA ORTEGA y LAZO case number
15-318466, for not giving back 300,000. 00 pesos she borrowed from Ms. Pascual.
The complainant was certain Maria Shyryl M. Pascual from whom Lazo borrowed
the alleged 300,000.
Before Lazo was actually arraigned by the Honorable Judge Daniel C Villanueva,
the judge examined the accused and the complainants asking questions regarding
the alleged crime as well as personal questions probably to ascertain the
credibility of their statements and to other matters which are pertinent or
intimately related to the crime charged. While this examination was conducted by
the Judge, the Court Stenogrpher, Ms. Shirley S. Forasteros was typing the
important intricate matters that was asked by the judge and anwers of the
accused and the complainants and was being entered into the record.
Thereafter there was a stipulation of facts made between the parties and the
counsel de officio explained to the accused how the arraignment is to be
conducted to him. The counsel explained that if the accused thinks that she
committed the averments in the complaint that will be read upon her in the
arraignment she may thereafter enter a plea of guilty, if not, she needs to enter a
plea of not guilty.
After that, the bailiff approached the accused and read in front of the accused the
allegations and the averments in the information that she has committed an
offense and asked whether the accused will plead guilty or not guilty. The accused
pleaded not guilty to the crime charged against him. After which, the judge
requested the Clerk of Court Atty. Irene C. Arceo to enter the plea in the records
and set the date for pre-trial proceedings.