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OCA vs Hon Florencio Barron

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR (OCA), complainant, vs. FLORENCIO S. BARRON, Presiding Judge, Branch 35, Regional Trial Court of Dumaguete City, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ 98-1420 | 1998-10-08

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM.:

This administrative case takes its roots from an entrapment operation conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) sub-office based in Dumaguete City, wherein respondent Judge Florencio S. Barron was apprehended for having been found in possession of the marked money utilized by the NBI in the aforementioned operation.

Judge Barron was designated as Acting President Judge of Branch 41, whereat a civil case entitled "Mainit Marine Resources Corporation, Inc. (MMRC) vs. Alex J. Amor, Jr., and the Register of Deeds of Negros Oriental," was pending.[1]

In the morning of June 4, 1996, at around 9:00...