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Office of the Court Administrator vs. Ruiz [DISSENTING OPINION. BERSAMIN, J.]

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. PRESIDING JUDGE JOSEPH CEDRICK O. RUIZ, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 61, MAKATI CITY, RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. RTJ-13-2361 [Formerly OCA IPI No. 13-4144-RTJ] | 2016-02-02

DISSENT

BERSAMIN, J.:

The Majority of the Court vote to dismiss the respondent Judge from the Judiciary, and to disbar him as well.

 

I DISSENT. I humbly submit that this administrative matter may be prematurely adjudicated in the light of the pending appeal by the respondent of his convictions. But if it is unavoidable that we find him guilty on the basis of the convictions, I urge that his dismissal from the service and his disbarment are penalties too heavy and too harsh to mete on him under the circumstance of the case.
 
 
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