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Antonio Yu-Asensi vs Judge Francisco D. Villanueva, MTC, Branch 36, Quezon City

ANTONIO YU-ASENSI, complainant, vs. Judge Francisco D. Villanueva, MTC, Branch 36, Quezon City, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-00-1245 | 2000-01-19

D E C I S I O N


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

On December 10, 1996, Mr. Antonio Yu-Asensi filed a letter-complaint1 [Rollo, pp. 2-4.] with the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) charging Judge Francisco D. Villanueva, Presiding Judge of the MeTC, Branch 36, Quezon City with serious misconduct and/or inefficiency particularly violating the Canons of Judicial Ethics on promptness and punctuality.

The complaint was filed in connection with Criminal Case No. 5400 entitled "People of the Philippines v. Edwin Santos y Vito", for Reckless Imprudence resulting in Serious Physical Injuries pending before Branch 36 of the Metropolitan Trial Court of...