People v. Vda. de Ramos, 451 Phil. 214, 224-225 (2003).
People v. Morial, 415 Phil. 310, 335-336 (2001).
Tamargo v. Awingan, G.R. No. 177727, 19 January 2010, 610 SCRA 316, 332 citing People v.
Tena, G.R. No. 100909, 21 October 1992, 215 SCRA 43, 48-49 citing further Montoya v. Baun,
44 O.G. 4382 as cited in Francisco,The Revised Rules of Court in the Philippines, Vol. VII, Part
I, 1990 ed., p. 349.