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Withholding of the Salary and Benefits of Michael Latiza

WITHHOLDING OF THE SALARY AND BENEFITS OF MICHAEL A. LATIZA, COURT AIDE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 14, CEBU CITY, FOR UNEXPLAINED ABSENCES AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE LOSS OF EVIDENCE

A.M. No. 03-3-179-RTC | 2005-01-26



EN BANC
DECISION

PER CURIAM:

In a criminal case for violation of Section 16, Article II, Republic Act No. 6425, docketed as Criminal Case No. CBU-50474 before the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 14, the trial court ordered the return to the accused Danilo Ceniza (“Ceniza”) of P118,040 presented as evidence in the criminal case. Court Interpreter Alicia Caburnay (“Caburnay”), in the presence of Ceniza’s wife and Atty. Cornelius Gonzales, Ceniza’s counsel,  counted the money that was kept inside an attaché case and stored in the cabinet of the court.  They discovered that only P93,240 was inside the attaché case. Caburnay...