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Judge Antonio C. Reyes Vs. Edwin Fangonil, Process Server, RTC, Branch 61 of Baguio City

JUDGE ANTONIO C. REYES, Complainant vs. EDWIN FANGONIL, Process Server, Regional Trial Court, Branch 61 of Baguio City, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-10-2741 | 2013-06-04

EN BANC

RESOLUTION 

PER CURIAM: 

This is a case of Gross Misconduct and Graft and Corruption committed by a court officer. The complainant, Judge Antonio C. Reyes, discovered inadvertently that his court's process server, Edwin Fangonil, had been soliciting money from litigants in exchange for favorable results. 

These are the facts based on the investigation: Agnes Sungduan was charged for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. Pending her case’s trial at the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 61 of Baguio City, she was detained at the Baguio City Jail. She befriended a fellow inmate, Malou Hernandez, who...