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Prosecutor Jaime Contreras vs Judge Eddie Monserate

PROSECUTOR JAIME E. CONTRERAS, complainant, vs. JUDGE EDDIE P. MONSERATE, MCTC-Magarao, Camarines Sur, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-02-1437 | 2003-08-20

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Charges of "gross ignorance of the law" and "gross neglect of duty" were filed by the Provincial Prosecution Office of Camarines Sur, signed by 2nd Asst. Provincial Prosecutor and approved by the Provincial Prosecutor, against respondent Judge Eddie P. Monserate, of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Magarao-Canaman, Camarines Sur.

Specifically, respondent is charged of forwarding Criminal Case No. 3222, entitled "People of the Philippines v. Mario Zabaldica y Morandarte," to the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor without first conducting the requisite preliminary investigation.

It appears that on...