[30]
Brief for Accused-Appellant, Rollo, pp. 59-71.
[31]
People vs. Villas, 277 SCRA 391 (1997); People vs. Benedictus, 288 SCRA 319 (1998).
[32]
68 Phil. 564 (1939). See also Francisco, Ricardo J., Evidence: Rules of Court in the Philippines, 1993
ed., p. 392, citing 29 AmJur 2d, 184.
[33]
TSN, November 14, 1995, pp. 14-15.
[34]
TSN, November 16, 1995, pp. 8-9.
[35]
Id., p. 16.
[36]
Brief for the Appellee, Rollo, pp. 125-127.
[37]
People vs. Guillermo, 302 SCRA 257 (1999). See also People vs. Nialda, 289 SCRA 521 (1998) and
People vs. Oliano, 287 SCRA 158 (1998).
[38]
People vs. Bautista, 241 SCRA 216 (1995).
[39]
Article 2217, Civil Code.
[40]
People vs. Ballabare, 264 SCRA 350 (1996).
[41]
Article 2230, Civil Code of the Philippines.