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Artemio Sabatin vs Judge Efren Mallare

ARTEMIO SABATIN, Complainant, versus JUDGE EFREN B. MALLARE, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, NATIVIDAD-LLANERA, NUEVA ECIJA, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-04-1537 (formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 01-998-MTJ) | 2004-03-25

D E C I S I O N


CALLEJO, SR., J.:

The instant administrative case arose when Artemio Sabatin, in an Affidavit-Complaint[1] dated January 15, 2001, charged Judge Efren B. Mallare, Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Natividad-Llanera, Nueva Ecija, with gross ignorance of the law, serious misconduct and violation of Republic Act No. 3019, otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, relative to Criminal Case No. 2751-N entitled People of the Philippines v. Artemio Sabatin for illegal possession of firearms.

The complainant, the accused in the said criminal case, alleged that pursuant to Search Warrant No. 017-N-2000 issued by...