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In Re: Judge Estrella T. Estrada

QUERY OF EXECUTIVE JUDGE ESTRELLA T. ESTRADA, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MALOLOS, BULACAN, ON THE CONFLICTING VIEWS OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT - JUDGES MASADAO and ELIZAGA RE: CRIMINAL CASE NO. 4954-M.

A.M. No. 87-9-3918-RTC | 1987-10-26

R E S O L U T I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

The issue before us brings to mind the words of Eugen Ehrlich, philosopher, who stated: "There is no guaranty of justice except the personality of a judge." (Ehrlich, "Freedom of Decision", The Science of Legal Method, O Mod. Leg. Philos, Ser. 65, 1917 trans. by Bruncken). Indeed, judicial integrity is the first and highest qualification a judge must possess ---- integrity maintained especially in cognizance of the limits of man. In this wise, we cite the oft quoted example of a judge voluntarily inhibiting himself so as to preserve the prized ideal of "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"...