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Manuelito Occida vs. Julieta E. Malnegro, Court Stenographer

MANUELITO OCCIDA, Complainant, versus JULIETA E. MALNEGRO, Court Stenographer, MCTC-Bayugan, Agusan del Sur, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-05-1961 [Formerly OCA I.P.I. No. 04-1956-P] | 2005-02-17



SECOND DIVISION
RESOLUTION

TINGA, J.:

The court stenographer who is the subject of the present administrative complaint admitted having lost certain stenographic notes of a trial, and although the notes were eventually recovered, she will have to face sanction for her negligence. Yet, this present complaint imputes more sinister motivations to Julieta E. Malnegro, Court Stenographer 1 of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Bayugan-Sibagat, Agusan del Sur, and accuses her of falsifying the stenographic notes to effect the attribution of erroneous statements to a witness who had taken the stand.

At the same time, it does not escape our...