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Re: Judge Hector B. Barillo etc. Vs. Clerk of Court Carmel A. Cuizon et al.

Re: Judge HECTOR B. BARILLO, Metropolitan Trial Court in Cities - Canlaon City, Complainant, versus Clerk of Court CARMEL A. CUIZON and Sheriff PERSHING T. YARED, Respondents.

A.M. No. 05-12-372-MTCC | 2008-12-24

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

For the Court's decision is the letter-complaint dated May 20, 2005 of Judge Hector B. Barillo (Judge Barillo), Metropolitan Trial Court in Cities (MTCC), Canlaon City, addressed to the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) charging Clerk of Court Carmel A. Cuizon (Cuizon) and Sheriff Pershing T. Yared (Yared) with Grave Abuse of Authority.

The Background Facts

On January 28, 2005, Judge Barillo issued a resolution[1] in Criminal Case No. 1739 (People of the Philippines v. Aldeguer Canasa y Abendan) for Reckless Imprudence Resulting in Homicide. The subject of the resolution is the disposition of a motor...