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City Prosecutor Armando P. Abanado Vs. Judge Abraham A. Bayona, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Branch 7, Bacolod City

CITY PROSECUTOR ARMANDO P. ABANADO, Complainant, vs. JUDGE ABRAHAM A. BA YONA, Presiding Judge, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Branch 7, Bacolod City, Respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-12-1804 | 2012-07-30

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:

          The case now before this Court sprang from Criminal Case No. 09-03-164 7 4, entitled People of the Philippines v. Cresencio Palo, Sr.1 On March 24, 2009, complainant City Prosecutor Armando P. Abanado filed the Information2 in the Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Bacolod City, which was eventually raffled to Branch 7 thereof presided by respondent Judge Abraham A. Bayona.

          On April 13, 2009, respondent issued the following order in Criminal Case No. 09-03-16474 in connection with the issuance of a warrant of arrest...