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In The Matter Of The Alleged Improper Conduct Of Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Anacleto Badoy, Jr. (Estrada vs Badoy)

IN THE MATTER OF THE ALLEGED IMPROPER CONDUCT OF SANDIGANBAYAN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE ANACLETO D. BADOY, JR., TAKING AN AMBULANCE BUT PROCEEDING TO THE GMA TV STATION FOR AN INTERVIEW INSTEAD OF PROCEEDING FORTHWITH TO THE HOSPITAL.

A.M. No. 01-12-01-SC | 2003-01-16

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J:

Judges, like ordinary mortals, are subject to human limitations. At times, the great tides of perturbing and overwhelming emotions engulf them. Notwithstanding so, they are expected to be "cerebral men"[1] who can control their confounding emotions and idiosyncratic inclinations. Otherwise, they will be held answerable for their conduct.

Haled in these two consolidated administrative cases, A.M. No. 01-12-01-SC and A.M No. SB-02-10-J, are Sandiganbayan Justices Anacleto D. Badoy, Jr. (Ret.) and Teresita Leonardo-De Castro.

The facts of A.M. No. 01-12-01-SC may be synthesized as follows:

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