04/02/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [26] TSN, 22 April 1997, pp. 26-27; and TSN, 27 May 1997, p. 3. [27] TSN, 17 Nov. 1993, p. 12. [28] Sworn statement of Julio Clemente, 12 July 1993. [29] TSN, 24 November 1993, p. 6. [30] TSN, 25 November 1993, p. 7-8. [31] People v. Tabones, G.R. No. 129695, 17 March 1999, 304 SCRA 781, 793. [32] People v. Peñaflorida, G.R. No. 130550, 2 September 1999, 313 SCRA 563, 572. [33] People v. Navarro, G.R. No. 129566, 7 October 1998, 297 SCRA 331, 351. [34] People v. Elijorde, G.R. No. 126531, 21 April 1999, 306 SCRA 188, 197-98. [35] People v. Joyno, G.R. No. 123982, 15 March 1999, 304 SCRA 655, 670. [36] TSN, 21 January 1997, p. 14. [37] Id., p. 15. [38] Rule 130, Sec. 27. Offer of compromise not admissible. x x x x In criminal cases, except those involving quasi-offenses (criminal negligence) or those allowed by law to be compromised, an offer of compromise by the accused my be received in evidence as an implied admission of guilt x x x x [39] TSN, 18 March 1997, p. 17. [40] Rollo, p. 129. [41] Id. [42] Wigmore, RULE ON EVIDENCE, Sec. 1061, p . 30. [43] People v. Manzano, No. L-38449, 25 November 1982, 118 SCRA 705; People v. Manuel, G.R. No. 92503, 8 July 1991, 198 SCRA 1818. [44] People v. Macatana, G.R. No. 57061, 9 May 1988, 161 SCRA 235, 244-245. [45] Id., p. 244-45. [46] People v. Verde, G.R. No. 119077, 10 February 1999, 302 SCRA 690, 706, citing Pantranco North Express, Inc. v. Baesa, G.R. Nos. 79050-51, 14 November 1989, 179 SACRA 384, 394, 395. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/37955 15/16