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Helen Gamboa-Mijares Vs. Judge Manuel Q. Limsiaco, Jr.

HELEN GAMBOA-MIJARES, complainant, vs. JUDGE MANUEL Q. LIMSIACO, JR., MCTC, VALLADOLID, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-03-1509 | 2003-09-23

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

The instant administrative complaint arose when Helen Gamboa-Mijares filed a sworn letter-complaint[1] charging Judge Manuel Q. Limsiaco, Jr., 4th Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC), Valladolid-San Enrique-Pulupandan, Negros Occidental, with Gross Misconduct and Violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, relative to Criminal Cases Nos. RTC-1364, RTC-1367 and RTC-1343.[2]

The complainant is the complaining witness in the aforementioned criminal cases. She alleged, inter alia, that in May of 1998, respondent Judge Limsiaco issued...