ATTESTATION I attest that the conclusions in the above Decision had been reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Court’s Division. ANTONIO T. CARPIO Associate Justice Chairperson, Second Division CERTIFICATION Pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII of the Constitution and the Division Chairperson’s Attestation, I certify that the conclusions in the above Decision had been reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Court’s Division. REYNATO S. PUNO Chief Justice Footnotes * Designated as additional member in lieu of Associate Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo, per raffle dated September 14, 2009. 1 Docketed as Criminal Case 3493. 2 Records, p. 69. 3 Id. at 70. 4 Exhibit D and sub-markings, id. at 72-76. 5 Id. at 156-159. 6 Rollo, p. 38. 7 Docketed as CA-G.R. CR 30567. Penned by then Associate Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo (now a member of this Court), and concurred in by Associate Justices Arcangelita Romilla-Lontok and Romeo F. Barza. 8 9 Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 1164. 10 TSN, April 11, 2006, pp. 22-24. 11 TSN, July 19, 2006, pp. 10-12. 12 TSN, April 11, 2006, p. 28.