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Leopoldo E. San Buenaventura vs Judge Angel S. Malaya

LEOPOLDO E. SAN BUENAVENTURA, complainant, vs. JUDGE ANGEL S. MALAYA, as Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 22, Naga City and ATTY. OMAR M. C. ALAM, respondents.

A.M. No. RTJ-91-744 | 2002-08-01

R E S O L U T I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

Complainant Atty. Leopoldo San Buenaventura charges respondent Atty. Omar M.C. Alam with bribing respondent Judge Angel S. Malaya of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Naga City, Branch 22 in order to secure a favorable order. Also charged by complaint of receiving bribe money was Judge Milagros Caguioa of the Pasig RTC, Branch 165 but the complaint was dismissed as against her in view of her retirement prior to the filing of complaint.[1]

From the pleadings and the Investigating Justice's Report appears the following antecedents:

The administrative complaint stems from two related cases. The first is...