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Gil Ramon Matin vs Judge Eleuterio Guerrero

GIL RAMON O. MARTIN, complainant, vs. JUDGE ELEUTERIO F. GUERRERO, Assisting Judge, Regional Trial Court of Tagaytay City (Branch 18), respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-99-1499 | 1999-10-22

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Ordinarily, judges may not be administratively sanctioned for mere errors of judgment, absent any bad faith or malice...Nonetheless, they have an obligation to keep abreast of all basic laws and principles...There is no excuse for ignorance of elementary notions of law and jurisprudence.

The Case and the Facts

In a verified Complaint dated September 12, 1998, Gil Ramon O. Martin charged Judge Eleuterio F. Guerrero of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Tagaytay City (Branch 18), with "ignorance of the law" and "violation of the Philippine Constitution." Respondent allegedly issued a Writ of Habeas Corpus...