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[2/2] Judge Dolores Espa?ol and Ophelia Suluen vs Judge Lorinda Mupas

[2/2] JUDGE DOLORES L. ESPA?OL and OPHELIA G. SULUEN, Complainants,versus JUDGE LORINDA T. MUPAS, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-01-1348 | 2004-11-11

Justice Molina found that Asst. Provincial Prosecutor Duque was not a totally impartial witness, considering that she and Judge Español had previously worked together and was the latter's clerk of court for two years.[28] However, Justice Molina found that the respondent judge had, indeed, attempted to influence Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Duque to resolve Criminal Case No. 98-0681 in favor of the accused, albeit without a direct offer of bribe money. As such, according to Justice Molina, the respondent judge violated Canon 2.04 and Canon 3 of the Canons of Judicial Ethics.[29]



Justice Molina also made a finding that Atty....