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THE DIRECTOR, PNP NARCOTICS COMMAND vs. JUDGE JAIME N. SALAZAR, JR., Regional Trial Court, Branch 103, Quezon City

THE DIRECTOR, PNP NARCOTICS COMMAND, complainant, vs. JUDGE JAIME N. SALAZAR, JR., Regional Trial Court, Branch 103, Quezon City, respondent.

A.M. No. 96-9-332-RTC | 2001-08-15

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

Judge Jaime N. Salazar, Jr., presiding judge of Branch 103 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, is charged with gross ignorance of the law and gross inefficiency in the performance of duty relative to Criminal Case No. 96-6678 entitle People vs. Felix Lasoy and Marcelo Banisa, a prosecution for violation of Sec. 4, Art. 11 of RA 6425, the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972.

On July 16, 1996 the respondent judge presided over the arraignment of the two accused in the aforementioned case under the following information to wit:

"INFORMATION

The undersigned accuses MARCELO LASOY Y GOM-OYEN and FELIX...