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Edna D. Depamaylo vs Aquilina B. Brotarlo

EDNA D. DEPAMAYLO, complainant, vs. JUDGE AQUILINA B. BROTARLO, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-92-731 | 1996-11-29

MENDOZA, J.:


This is a complaint charging respondent judge of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court at Carles-Balasan, Iloilo with misconduct and ignorance of the law.

Complainant is the widow of Police Officer Nilo Depamaylo who was shot and killed at a cockpit in Barangay Kinalkalan, Balasan, Iloilo while serving a warrant of arrest. The suspect, Nerio Salcedo, a member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Iloilo, surrendered to the police shortly after the incident, yielding a 12-gauge shotgun which he allegedly used in shooting the victim and a .38 caliber revolver. He was charged with murder in a complaint filed by the Chief of Police....