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Jose Tiongco vs Hon Florentino Pedronio, Judge, RTC, Br 28, Iloilo City

JOSE B. TIONGCO, complainant, vs. THE HONORABLE FLORENTINO P. PEDRONIO, Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 28, Iloilo City, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-03-1763 | 2003-04-24

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO-MORALES, J.:

Jose B. Tiongco (complainant), by a sworn complaint[1] dated December 5, 2001 which was received at the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) on January 2, 2002, administratively charged Judge Florentino P. Pedronio (respondent) of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 28, Iloilo City with "Grave Abuse of Discretion, Gross Incompetence and Inefficiency Amounting to Ignorance of the Law, and Conduct Unbecoming of a Judge" in connection with four criminal cases of which complainant was the defense counsel.

Complainant gives the specifics of his charges as follows:

1) Respondent failed to decide the case...