BIENVENIDO L. REYES
Associate Justice
WE CONCUR:
MARIA LOURDES P. A. SERENO
Chief Justice
Chairperson
TERESITA J. LEONARDO-DE CASTRO
Associate Justice
LUCAS P. BERSAMIN
Associate Justice
MARTIN S. VILLARAMA, JR.
Associate Justice
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Section 13, At1icle VIII of the Constitution, 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.
MARIA LOURDES P. A. SERENO
Chief Justice
Footnotes
Penned by Associate Justice Ricardo R. Rosario, with Associate Justices Hakim S.
Abdulwahid and Ramon A. Cruz, concurring; rollo, pp. 2-14.
1
2
Under the sala of Executive Judge Ma. Ellen M. Aguilar; records, pp. 266-273.
3
Under Republic Act No. 9262, also known as the "Anti-Violence Against Women and their
Children Act of 2004", and its implementing rules, the real name of the victim and
those of her immediate family members are withheld; fictitious initials are instead
used to protect the victim’s identity.
4
Records, p. 266.
5
Id. at 47.
6
Id. at 296.
7
Id.
8
Id. at 273.