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Capistrano Obedencio, Jr. vs Judge Joaquin Murillo, et al

CAPISTRANO OBEDENCIO, JR., complainant, vs. JUDGE JOAQUIN M. MURILLO, PRESIDING JUDGE, RTC, BRANCH 26, MEDINA, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-03-1753 | 2004-02-05

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

In a letter-complaint,[1] complainant Capistrano Obedencio, Jr., charged respondent Judge Joaquin M. Murillo, Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Medina, Misamis Oriental, Branch 26, of unjustly dismissing Criminal Case No. 1401-M (2000) for rape, entitled "People v. Dexter Z. Acenas."

Complainant averred that on May 3, 2000, he and his wife assisted their 14-year-old daughter, Licel Acenas Obedencio, in filing with the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor, Hall of Justice in Cagayan de Oro City, a criminal complaint for rape allegedly committed upon her when she was 11 years old by her...