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Prosecutor Robert M. Visbal Vs. Judge Wenceslao B. Vanilla

PROSECUTOR ROBERT M. VISBAL, Complainant, versus JUDGE WENCESLAO B. VANILLA, MTCC – BR. 2, TACLOBAN CITY Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-06-1651 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 04-1576-MTJ) | 2009-04-07

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

For resolution is the present administrative matter involving Prosecutor Robert M. Visbal (complainant) of Tacloban City and Judge Wenceslao B. Vanilla (respondent) of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC), Branch 2, Tacloban City.

The Factual Background

The case arose from the letter the complainant sent to then Court Administrator Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr., charging the respondent with grave misconduct and gross ignorance of the law for ordering Criminal Case No. 2000-08-OD-01 (entitled "People of the Philippines v. Rodelio Abayon y Benter," herein referred to as "criminal case") archived.[1] The...