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Mayor Reynolan T. Sales vs Judge Melvyn U. Calvan

MAYOR REYNOLAN T. SALES, complainant, vs. JUDGE MELVYN U. CALVAN, Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Bangui, Ilocos Norte, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-00-1331 | 2002-02-27

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This is a complaint for gross violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct and of the Rules of Court, and for knowingly rendering an unjust judgment or order, filed by Reynolan T. Sales, then incumbent mayor of Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte, against Judge Melvyn U. Calvan, presiding judge of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court for Adams-Bangui-Dumalneg-Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.

Complainant is the defendant in Criminal Case No. 9448-P[1] pending before the MCTC, Bangui, Ilocos Norte. Said case arose from a shooting incident that occurred on August 2, 1999 involving complainant and former Pagudpud mayor Rafael...