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Joselito R. Enriquez vs Judge Placido B. Vallarta

JOSELITO R. ENRIQUEZ, complainant, vs. JUDGE PLACIDO B. VALLARTA, Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC), Cabiao- San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-02-1398 | 2002-02-27

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a complaint against Judge Placido B. Vallarta, Presiding Judge of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC), Cabiao-San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, for falsification of certificates of service, gross ignorance of the law, and grave abuse of authority and discretion, in connection with his handling of Criminal Case No. 215-98, entitled "People of the Philippines vs. Venancio Santos." The complainant, Atty. Joselito R. Enriquez, was counsel for the accused in Criminal Case No. 215-98 for malicious mischief, before the court of respondent judge. The criminal case involved the alleged malicious cutting by the...