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Manuel T. Urada Vs. Luzviminda M. Mapalad

ATTY. MANUEL T. URADA, complainant, vs. JUDGE LUZVIMINDA M. MAPALAD, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-91-622 | 1993-03-22

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

In a sworn letter-complaint dated 21 November 1991 and addressed to then Court Administrator, now a distinguished Member of this Court, Josue N. Bellosillo, complaint Atty. Manuel T. Ubarra, on behalf of his client Juanito A. Calderon, charges respondent, the Presiding Judge of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Pulilan, Bulacan, with grave misconduct, knowingly rendering an unjust judgment, the violation of the Canons of Judicial Ethics and the failure to decide within the mandated ninety-day period Criminal Case No. 89-3905. This criminal case, entitled People of the Philippines vs. Roberto Cruda, involves...