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Zenon L. de Guia vs. Francisco Ma. Guerrero, Jr.

CHIEF PROSECUTOR ZENON L. DE GUIA, complainant, vs. JUDGE FRANCISCO MA. GUERRERO, JR., respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-93-1099 | 1994-08-01

D E C I S I O N

PADILLA, J p:

In a letter-complaint, dated 4 October 1993, filed with the Office of the Court Administrator, Chief State Prosecutor Zenon L. De Guia impugns as arbitrary the act of respondent Judge Francisco Ma. Guerrero 1 in citing for contempt Macario A. Agosila, 2 and ordering his arrest and detention for five (5) hours (later reduced to two (2) hours) in the Calamba Police Station Jail. Complainant charges respondent Judge with gross ignorance of the law, and with acts constituting a direct affront to the dignity not only of Agosila, but more importantly, to the dignity of the office of the Prosecutor which Agosila...