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RE: DATED 17 MARCH 2011 IN CRIMINAL CASE NO. SB-28361 ENTITLED "PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES VS. JOSELITO C. BARROZO" FORMER ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR JOSELITO C. BARROZO, RESPONDENT.

RE: DATED 17 MARCH 2011 IN CRIMINAL CASE NO. SB-28361 ENTITLED "PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES VS. JOSELITO C. BARROZO" FORMER ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR JOSELITO C. BARROZO, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 10207 | 2015-07-21

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

This disbarment case against former Assistant Public Prosecutor Joselito C. Barrozo (respondent) is taken up by this Court motu proprio by virtue of its power to discipline members of the bar under Section I[1] Rule 139-B of the Rules of Court.
 
Factual Antecedents
 
Jennie Valeriano (Valeriano) was a respondent in several cases for estafa and violation of Batas Pambansa Blg. 22[2] which were assigned to respondent as Assistant Public Prosecutor of Dagupan City, Pangasinan. According to Valeriano, respondent told her that he would resolve the cases in her favor in exchange for P20,000.00....