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Ajeno vs. Inserto

LUDOVICO AJENO, complainant, vs. HON. SANCHO Y. INSERTO, Judge of Court of First Instance of Iloilo, City of Iloilo, respondent.

A.M. No. 1098-CFI | 1976-05-31

D E C I S I O N

MARTIN, J:

In a verified complaint dated October 25, 1975, complainant Ludovico Ajeno of Barotac, Nuevo, Iloilo, charged Judge Sancho Y. Inserto of the Court of First Instance, Iloilo City for ignorance of the law, particularly Article 39 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 5465 1 and Article n, Section 13 of the 1973 Constitution 2 by sentencing complainant "to suffer an imprisonment of four (4) months of arresto mayor to indemnify Solomon Banagua, Jr. in the sum of P200.00 with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency and to pay the cost of the suit." 3 Complainant claims that the indemnity of...