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Carlitos Lazo vs Judge Antonio Tiong

CARLITOS LAZO, complainant, vs. JUDGE ANTONIO V. TIONG, Municipal Trial Court, Bolinao, Pangasinan, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-98-1173 | 1998-12-15

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This refers to the complaint against respondent Judge Antonio V. Tiong of the Municipal Trial Court of Bolinao, Pangasinan for grave misconduct and abuse of authority.

Complainant Carlitos Lazo is the private complainant in Criminal Case No. 4384, entitled People of the Philippines vs. Danilo D. Lazo, for falsification and use of falsified document, which was assigned to respondent judge. In his sworn complaint, dated December 13, 1996,[1] Carlitos Lazo alleged that respondent scheduled the arraignment of the accused on November 14, 1996, which was a Thursday, when he knew full well the proceedings could be...