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Sps Biglete vs Deputy Sheriff Bonifacio Maputi, Jr.

SPS. FELIPE and ROSELYN BIGLETE, complainants, vs. DEPUTY SHERIFF BONIFACIO V. MAPUTI, JR., Regional Trial Court, Branch 37, Dumaguete City, respondent.

A.M. No. P-00-1407 | 2002-02-15

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

The present administrative case stemmed from a sworn letter-complaint filed by spouses Felipe and Roselyn Biglete against Deputy Sheriff Bonifacio V. Maputi, Jr., charging him with serious misconduct in office, gross neglect of duty and oppression.

In their complaint,[1] spouses Biglete alleged that on March 31, 1998, the Regional Trial Court, Branch 37, Dumaguete City issued a "Subsidiary Writ of Execution"[2] in Criminal Case No. 12583, "People of the Philippines v. Joseph Cabrera y Biazon," for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.

On April 13, 1998, respondent sheriff garnished...