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Atty N Valenzuela vs Judge R Bellosillo

ATTY. NAPOLEON S. VALENZUELA, complainant vs. JUDGE REYNALDO B. BELLOSILLO, respondent

A.M. No. MTJ-00-1241 | 2000-01-20

D E C I S I O N


PURISIMA, J.:

The Affidavit-Complaint dated October 17, 1997 of Attorney Napoleon S. Valenzuela charged respondent Judge Reynaldo Blanco Bellosillo of Branch 34 of the Metropolitan Trial Court of Quezon City with gross violation of the constitutional right of subject accused to assistance by counsel of her own choice, gross misconduct, oppression, partiality and violation of the Code of Judicial Ethics; averring:

"2. That on September 4, 1997, I was hired as counsel for the accused in Criminal Case No. 65382-86 entitled 'People of the Philippines vs. Ms. Meriam V. Colapo' for Violation of B.P. 22 which case is being...