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Evelyn Ong vs Judge Maxwel Rosete

EVELYN ONG, Complainant, versus JUDGE MAXWEL S. ROSETE, Acting Presiding Judge, MeTC, Branch 58, San Juan, Metro Manila, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-04-1538 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 02-1199-MTJ] | 2004-10-22

RESOLUTION

QUISUMBING, J.:

In the Verified Complaint[1] and Supplemental Complaint[2] that she filed with the Office of the Court Administrator, complainant Evelyn Ong charged respondent Judge Maxwel S. Rosete, Acting Presiding Judge of the Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC), Branch 58, San Juan, Metro Manila, with bribery, violation of the Anti-Graft Practices Act, and gross ignorance of the law.

It appears that complainant was the private offended party in several criminal cases for violation of the Bouncing Checks Law[3] against a certain Betty Jao. These cases, docketed as Criminal Cases Nos. 46696 to 46709, were raffled to...