REYNATO S. PUNO Acting Chief Justice Footnotes 1 Rollo, pp. 131-143. Penned by Associate Justice Martin S. Villarama, Jr. and concurred in by Associate Justices Regalado E. Maambong and Fernanda Lampas Peralta. 2 Id. at 25-32. Penned by Judge Hilario L. Laqui. 3 Id. at 11-12. 4 Id. at 14-15. 5 Id. at 32. 6 G.R. Nos. 147678-87, July 7, 2004, 433 SCRA 640. 7 Rollo, p. 129. 8 Id. at 142. 9 Spelled as Caderao in other parts of the records. 10 People v. Angeles, 430 Phil. 333, 343 (2002). 11 G.R. No. 129070, March 16, 2001, 354 SCRA 553, 561. 12 Id. at 562. 13 Issued on February 29, 1996. 14 Article 3, Civil Code of the Philippines.