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Leonila A. Vistan Vs. Ruben T. Nicolas

LEONILA A. VISTAN, complainant, vs. JUDGE RUBEN T. NICOLAS, Municipal Trial Court, Pandi, Bulacan, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-87-79 | 1991-09-13

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

These consolidated cases were brought by the same complainant, Leonila A. Vistan, against Respondent Judge Ruben T. Nicolas, Municipal Trial Court (MTC), Pandi, Bulacan.

AM No. MTJ-87-79, filed on 16 March 1987, charged Respondent with gross ignorance of the law and grave abuse of authority and immorality. Complainant alleged that Respondent, as the then MTC Judge of Guiguinto, Bulacan, rendered a Decision in Criminal Case No. 3073, entitled "People v. Narciso Paloma," for Forcible Abduction with Consent on 17 February 1987, acquitting the accused therein, despite the fact that Respondent had not yet ruled...