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Joey Cuaresma, Et Al. Vs. Restituto Aguilar

JOEY CUARESMA AND ABRAHAM CUARESMA, complainants, vs. JUDGE RESTITUTO AGUILAR, respondent.

A.C. No. RTJ-92-845 | 1993-09-03

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

The facts show that in an Information dated November 15, 1991, the Provincial Prosecutor of Occidental Mindoro, Gorgonio D. Olarte, charged Florencio Banite with the murder of Daniel Acosta, a relative of herein complainants. The Information, which carried no recommendation for bail, was docketed as Criminal Case No. 2-648 in Branch 44 of the RTC of Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro presided by the Honorable Venancio M. Tarriela.

The accused Banite was arraigned on January 3, 1992 where he pleaded not guilty. His case was set for pre-trial and trial on February 24, 25 and 26, 1992. It appears, however, that on...