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Emeterio Gallo Vs. Jose Cordero

EMETERIO GALLO through Counsel Atty. Francisco C. Aurillo, complainant, vs. JUDGE JOSE CORDERO, MTC, Babat?gon, Leyte, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-95-1035 | 1995-06-21

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is a sworn complaint dated September 8, 1994 of Emeterio Gallo, charging Judge Jose Cordero of the Municipal Trial Court of Babatñgon, Leyte with non-feasance, manifest bias, gross ignorance of the law, and graft and rank favoritism.

The complaint is made connection with Criminal Case No. 2194 entitled "People v. Cristuto Barreta, Alberto Macabata, Danilo Morillo, and Rodolfo Villanueva," which complainant filed in respondent judge's court on August 23, 1994 for violation of P.D. No. 772, otherwise known as the Anti-Squatting Law. The criminal complaint alleged:

That several years ago, at...