xii[12] Ibid., pp. 13-14. xiii[13] TSN, November 5, 1996, pp. 4-13. xiv[14] Ibid., pp. 16-22. xv[15] TSN, November 6, 1996, pp. 2-6, 9. xvi[16] TSN, November 27, 1997, pp. 14-15. xvii[17] RTC Decision, pp. 10-11. xviii[18] People vs. Bautista, 241 SCRA 216 (1995). xix[19] RTC Decision, pp. 8-9. xx[20] Accused-appellant is referring to the money collected from Virginia Bakian. xxi[21] 108 Phil. 920 (1960). xxii[22] TSN, May 14, 1996, p. 23 xxiii[23] TSN, May 16, 1996, p. 11.