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Marciana Buenaventura vs. Mariano V. Benedicto

MARCIANA BUENAVENTURA, complainant, vs. HON. MARIANO V. BENEDICTO, respondent.

A.C. No. 137-J | 1971-03-27

D E C I S I O N


CASTRO, J:

On January 9, 1969, Marciana Buenaventura (hereinafter referred to as the complainant), the offended party in a criminal prosecution 1 for forcible abduction with rape, and likewise the plaintiff in a civil action 2 for annulment of marriage, filed with this Court a complaint against the Honorable Mariano V. Benedicto (hereinafter referred to as the respondent judge) in whose sala both the aforementioned cases fell, seeking his removal from office on the basis of verified charges.
Imputed to the respondent judge are: (1) serious misconduct in relation to the criminal and civil cases; (2) immorality in...