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Atty De la Rosa vs CA Justices Jose Sabio, Perlita Tria-Tirona, et al

ATTY. ROSALIO DE LA ROSA, complainant, vs. COURT OF APPEALS JUSTICES JOSE L. SABIO, JR., PERLITA TRIA-TIRONA, OSWALDO AGCAOILI, MARIANO DEL CASTILLO, MeTC JUDGE EUGENIO MENDINUETO, ATTYS. GILBERT REYES, DEOGRACIAS FELLONE and ANTONIO HERNANDEZ, respondents.

A.M. No. CA-03-35 | 2003-07-24

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

On August 14, 2002, a letter-complaint[1] addressed to the Chief Justice was received by the Office of the Court Administrator, charging respondents with deliberately causing the delay of the prosecution of Criminal Case No. 59354 for Estafa entitled, "People of the Philippines, Plaintiff versus Ferdinand Santos, Robert John Sobrepeña, Federico Campos, Polo Pantaleon, and Rafael Perez De Tagle, Jr., Accused" pending before the Metropolitan Trial Court of Pasig City, Branch 72. Complainant is the private prosecutor in the said criminal case.

During the preliminary investigation of the case, the...