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CESAR M. SOTERO vs. ATTY. GREGORIO BAUTISTA

CESAR M. SOTERO, complainant, vs. ATTY. GREGORIO BAUTISTA, respondent.

A.M. No. P-226 | 1977-07-29

MAKASIAR, J.:

In a verified letter complaint, dated September 11, 1973, addressed to the NBI Sub-Office in Tarlac, Tarlac, Cesar M. Sotero, a Tarlac Assistant Provincial Fiscal complained that Atty. Gregorio Bautista, Deputy Clerk of Branch IV, Court of First Instance of Paniqui, Tarlac, committed acts unbecoming an officer of the court and derogatory to the public service, when, on September 10, 1973, between 1:30 and 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon, said respondent, evidently under the influence of liquor and for no reason at all, uttered defamatory statements against him and his wife, Marjorie R. Sotero, a subordinate employee in the...