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Fidel Morta, Sr. vs. Cipriano B. Alvizo, Jr.

FIDEL MORTA, SR., complainant, vs. MUNICIPAL JUDGE CIPRIANO B. ALVIZO, JR. of Santiago, now Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte, respondent.

A.M. No. 1541-MJ | 1980-11-21

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

On November 10, 1976, after the arraignment in Criminal Case No. 090 of the municipal court of Santiago, Agusan del Norte, Judge Cipriano B. Alvizo, Jr. rendered a decision in open court convicting Edilberto Magayones of less serious physical injuries, upon his plea of guilty, and sentencing him to two months of arresto mayor Plea of guilty was considered mitigating. No civil liability was imposed.

According to Judge Alvizo, after the arraignment, he contacted Fidel Morta, Sr., the father of the victim, and explained to him that the victim's presence at the arraignment was not necessary and that he (Morta)...