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Dante Vicente vs Judge Jose S. Majaducon.

DANTE VICENTE, Petitioner, versus JUDGE JOSE S. MAJADUCON, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-02-1698 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 00-1024-RTJ) | 2005-06-23

R E S O L U T I O N 


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.: 

In a letter-complaint dated July 21, 2000, addressed to then Court Administrator Alfredo L. Benipayo, Dante Vicente charged respondent Judge Jose S. Majaducon of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of General Santos City, Branch 23, with gross ignorance of the law, grave abuse of authority and manifest partiality, praying that he be administratively disciplined and terminated from the service. 

The instant administrative complaint stemmed from a series of criminal cases involving a certain Evelyn Te of General Santos City. The factual and procedural antecedents leading to the instant...