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Armando Contreras vs Cesar M. Solis

ARMANDO CONTRERAS, complainant, vs. JUDGE CESAR M. SOLIS, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-94-1266 | 1996-08-21

MELO, J.:


The instant administrative case against respondent Judge Cesar M. Solis stemmed from his orders releasing the accused on bail in a habeas corpus proceeding and his subsequent order directing the re-arrest of the said accused.

The antecedent facts of the case are as follows:

On November 8, 1992, prior to the filing of a petition for habeas corpus before the sala of herein respondent Judge Solis, an information was filed against Rufino Mamangon, a PNP member, for the murder of Gener Contreras. The case was raffled to Branch 18 of the Regional Trial Court of the Third Judicial Region stationed in Malolos, Bulacan, presided over...