Rights of an accused
1. Appoint a lawyer to represent him in the course of a
preliminary examination or trial in the Court of First Instance, as well as
in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court;
2. Take advice of a lawyer or a person to become his lawyer in
private;
3. Inspect any article adduced as evidence and make a copy
or take a photograph thereof;
4. Inspect the court’s file of preliminary examination or trial and
make a copy thereof or request for a certified copy thereof with payment
of costs, save where such costs are exempted by a judicial order;
5. Inspect or copy the plea he or she has given during the inquiry or the supplementary document thereof.
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