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Marietta Duque Vs. Judge Crisostomo L. Garrido

MARIETTA DUQUE, Complainant, versus JUDGE CRISOSTOMO L. GARRIDO, Regional Trial Court, Branch 7, Tacloban City [presently assigned as Presiding Judge, Branch 13, Carigara, Leyte], Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-06-2027 | 2009-02-27

D E C I S I O N


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

In a verified letter-complaint[1] dated February 7, 2006 complainant Marietta Duque charged respondent, Judge Crisostomo L. Garrido of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 7, Tacloban City, Leyte, with gross violation of Section 15, Article VIII of the 1987 Constitution for rendering a decision beyond ninety (90) days in Criminal Case No. 2000-10-580 entitled People v Reynaldo Caones y Royo Sr., et al.

Complainant is the alleged common-law wife of the murdered victim in the aforementioned Criminal Case No. 2000-10-580. She claimed that the respondent Judge violated Section 15, Article VIII of...