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Apolinario Munez Vs. Ciriaco Arino

APOLINARIO MUNEZ, complainant, vs. JUDGE CIRIACO ARINO, MCTC, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-94-985 | 1995-02-21

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is an administrative complaint 1 against respondent Judge Ciriaco C. Ariño of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of San Francisco, Agusan del Sur for knowingly rendering an unjust judgment as defined and penalized under Article 204 of the Revised Penal Code. The complaint was originally filed with the Office of the Ombudsman which, after dismissing the case for lack of probable cause for filing in court, nevertheless referred the case to this Court "for possible administrative action against respondent."

It appears that on December 26, 1989, Mayor Asuero Irisari of Loreto, Agusan del Sur summoned to his...