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Enrico M. Cabrera vs. James B. Pajares

ATTY. ENRICO M. CABRERA, complainant, vs. JUDGE JAMES B. PAJARES, Regional Trial Court, Naga City, respondent.

A.M. Nos. R-278-RTJ & R-309-RTJ A.M. Nos. R-278-RTJ & R-309-RTJ | 1986-05-30

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

Respondent Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch XIX in Naga City, stands charged in these two cases which were jointly investigated by Intermediate Appellate Court Justice Vicente Mendoza, as per the Court's resolution of April 25, 1985. In the first numbered case, he is charged with indirect bribery, arising from the allegation that he received, on January 22, 1985, the sum of P1,000.00 from a party-litigant in a case then pending before his court. In the second numbered case, he is charged with acts unbecoming of a judge, in that he allegedly tried to solicit testimonials from practicing attorneys in...