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Paulino, et al vs. Guevara

RODOLFO R. PAULINO and CORINA I. PAULINO, complainants, vs. JUDGE DONATO M. GUEVARA, respondent.

A.M. No. 584-CJ | 1977-03-30

D E C I S I O N

BARREDO, J:

Administrative complaint in Adm. Matter No. 584-CJ against Judge Donato M. Guevara of the City Court of Manila charging said respondent with knowingly rendering an unjust decision, bias and ignorance of the law and another administrative complaint in Adm. Matter No. 851-CJ charging the same respondent with grave abuse of discretion.

In the first case, complainants Rodolfo R. Paulino and Corina I. Paulino alleged that the judgment of acquittal rendered by respondent in Criminal Case No. I-143658 in his court, entitled People of the Philippines vs. Benjamin Oliva was marked by bias and ignorance of the law and...