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Myla Paredes, Et Al. Vs. Jacinto A. Manalo

MYLA PAREDES, ROWENA PAREDES, GLORIA PAREDES, and JESSICA PAREDES, complainants, vs. JUDGE JACINTO A. MANALO, Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Coron-Busuanga, Palawan, respondents.

A.M. No. MTJ-93-842 | 1995-05-10

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

JUDGE JACINTO A. MANALO is administratively charged with ignorance of the Rule on Summary Procedure based on the affidavit-complaint filed by the sisters Myla, Rowena, Gloria and Jessica, all surnamed Paredes before the Tanodbayan, docketed as TBP Case No. 87-00407. In a Resolution of 8 July 1993 the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon dismissed the criminal case but referred the administrative aspect to us for appropriate action. 1

The records show that on 15 December 1986 three (3) separate criminal complaints were filed by a certain Roger Maron for less serious physical injuries docketed as Crim....