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F. Carreon vs. B. Flores

FELIX CARREON, complainant, vs. MUNICIPAL JUDGE BRUNO R. FLORES of Dinalupihan, Bataan, respondent.

A.C. No. 111-MJ | 1975-05-30

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

The Court finds from the established facts and circumstances of the case that respondent municipal judge is unfit for the office and therefore order his separation from the service. Respondent judge's rendering a verdict of conviction against complainant for theft of about a cavan of palay could in no way be factually or legally justified, in that the essential elements of unlawful taking and that the property stolen belongs to another were lacking and the Court of Agrarian Relations in an earlier judgment (duly brought to respondent's attention as an exhibit for defense) as well as in its memorandum had...