vii[7] See People v. Pimentel, No. L-38423, 25 November 1982, 118 SCRA 695; Gomez v. Intermediate Appellate Court, G.R. No. 63202, 9 April 1985, 135 SCRA 620; Alonzo v. Intermediate Appellate Court, G. R. No. 68624, 30 June 1987, 151 SCRA 552; Barqueros v. Court of Appeals, G. R. No. 77571, 27 November 1987, 155 SCRA 719. viii[8] People v. Joya, G.R. No. 790790, 1 October 1993, 227 SCRA 9, 26-27. People v. De Leon, G.R. No. 110558, 3 July 1995, 245 SCRA 538, 546; People v. Liwag, G.R. No. 89112, 3 August 1993, 225 SCRA 46, 54; Castillo v. Calanog, Jr., A.M. No. RTJ-90-447, 12 July 1991, 199 SCRA 75, 81-82; Reano v. Court of Appeals, G. R. No. 80992, 21 September 1988, 165 SCRA 525, 530; People v. Galicia, No. L-39235, 25 July 1983, 123 SCRA 550, 556; People v. Pasilan, No. L-18770, 30 July 1965, 14 SCRA 694, 701. ix[9] See "Affidavit of Desistance" by Juanito Cudal, Original Records, p. 109, and the "Pinagsamang Sinumpaang Salaysay" by Ricardo San Felipe, Rosauro San Felipe and Cenen Tambongco, Jr., Rollo, p. 93. x[10] xi[11] See Note 2. xii[12] TSN, 12 December 1994, pp. 2-3. Re: Report on the Judicial Audit and Physical Inventory of the Record of Cases in RTC-Br. 43, Roxas, Mindoro Occidental, A. M. No. 93-91249-RTC, 22 September 1994, 236 SCRA 631, 639-640, citing U. S. v. Leano, 6 Phil. 368 (1906) and Ching v. Gerona, A. M. No. RTJ-88-252, 24 November 1988, En Banc Minute Resolution. xiii[13]