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Umali vs. Hernandez [DECISION]

RE: VERIFIED COMPLAINT DATED JULY 13, 2015 OF ALFONSO V. UMALI, JR., COMPLAINANT, VS. HON. JOSE R. HERNANDEZ, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SANDIGANBAYAN, RESPONDENT.

IPI No. 15-35-SB-J | 2016-02-23

D E C I S I O N
 
BRION, J.:
 
Before us is an administrative complaint filed by Alfonso V. Umali, Jr. against Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Jose R. Hernandez for grave misconduct and gross ignorance of the law.
 
Background Facts

Complainant Alfonso V. Umali, then the Provincial Administrator of Oriental Mindoro, was one of the accused in Criminal Case No. 23624 for violation of Sections 3(e) and (g) of Republic Act No. 3019 (the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act) before the Sandiganbayan.

In its decision[1] dated September 9, 2008, the Sandiganbayan (Fourth Division) denied the motion to dismiss by way of a demurrer to...