SO ORDERED. Puno, Panganiban, Sandoval-Gutierrez and Carpio Morales, JJ., concur. Endnotes: 1. Penned by Judge Perfecto Laguio, Jr. 2. Rollo, pp. 6-9. 3. Records, p. 13. 4. Records, p. 33. 5. TSN, February 17, 1998, p. 2; Exhibit E. 6. Exhibit C, Records, p. 8. 7. Rollo, p. 23. 8. Rollo, p. 41. 9. People v. Sabdani, 334 SCRA 498 [2000]; Pag-Ibig Village Association v. Angon, 294 SCRA 554 [1998]. 10. Rollo, p. 26. 11. People v. Clado, 343 SCRA 729 [2000]; People v. Mariano, 345 SCRA 17 [2000]; People v. Sancha, 324 SCRA 646 [1998]. 12. Rollo, pp. 33-41. 13. People v. Bayona, 327 SCRA 190 [2000]; People v. Calayca, 301 SCRA 192 [1999]. 14. People v. Castillo, 335 SCRA 100 [2000]. 15. People v. Bea, Jr., 306 SCRA 653 [1999]; People v. Antonio, 336 SCRA 366 [1998]. 16. People v. Santos, 368 SCRA 535 [2001]; People v. Gonzales, 338 SCRA 371 [2000]; People v. Padil, 318 SCRA 795 [1999]. 17. People v. Narido, 316 SCRA 131 [1999]; People v. Alimon, 257 SCRA 658 [1996]. 18. People v. Villaraza, 339 SCRA 666 [2000]; People v. Ballesteros, 285 SCRA 438 [1998]. 19. Rollo, p. 23.

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