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Tan Tiac Chiong vs Hon. Rodrigo V. Cosico, Associate Justice, CA

TAN TIAC CHIONG, complainant, vs. HON. RODRIGO V. COSICO, Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, respondent.

A.M. No. CA-02-33 | 2002-07-31

R E S O L U T I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

On December 8, 2000, the Office of the Court Administrator received a sworn Letter-Complaint dated December 4, 2000,[1] signed by complainant Tan Tiac Chiong a.k.a. Ernie Tan, charging respondent Court of Appeals Associate Justice Rodrigo V. Cosico with Grave Abuse of Discretion and Conduct Prejudicial to the Service, relative to CA-G.R. CR No. 13844 entitled, "People of the Philippines v. Jesusa T. Dela Cruz."

Complainant alleged that in a criminal case he filed for violation of B.P. Blg. 22, accused Dela Cruz was convicted by the Regional Trial Court of Manila and he was awarded the amount of...