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Jessica Goodman vs Judge Loreto de la Victoria - RTC Br 06 Cebu

JESSICA GOODMAN, complainant, vs.JUDGE LORETO D.DE LA VICTORIA, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 06, Cebu City, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-99-1473 | 2000-02-16

R E S O L U T I O N

PARDO, J.:

What is before the Court is a petition1 [Filed on December 26, 1996 by Jessica Goodman, Rollo, pp.1-12.] for the dismissal of Judge Loreto D.de la Victoria, presiding judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 06, Cebu City, for abuse of authority, oppressive conduct and gross ignorance of the law in relation to his handling of the application for bail of Moalboal Mayor Abrenica and Adriano Cabantugan in Special Proceedings No.6204-CEB entitled "In the Matter of the Application for Bail of Mayor Marcelo Abrenica and Adriano Cabantugan."

On November 8, 1996, assassins gunned down Jerome Goodman, an American national,...