Article III - BILL OF RIGHTS
Section 11. Free access to the courts and quasi-judicial bodies and adequate legal assistance shall not be denied to any person by reason of poverty.
Constitutional rights of the accused in criminal cases.
Briefly, they may be enumerated as follows:
(1) The right to adequate legal assistance;
(2) The right, when under investigation for the commission of an offense, to be informed of his right to remain silent and to have counsel;
(3) The right against the use of torture, force, violence, threat, intimidation or any other means which vitiates the free will;
(4) The right against being held in secret, incommunicado, or similar forms of solitary detention;
(5) The right to bail and against excessive bail;
(6) The right to due process of law;
(7) The right to presumption of innocence;
(8) The right to be heard by himself and counsel;
(9) The right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him;
(10) The right to have a speedy, impartial, and public trial;
(11) The right to meet the witnesses face to face;
(12) The right to have compulsory process to secure the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence in his behalf;