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Office vs. Martel

OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN-MINDANAO, PETITIONER, VS. RICHARD T. MARTEL AND ABEL A. GUIÑARES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 221134 | 2017-03-01

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
This is a petition for review on certiorari seeking to reverse and set aside the February 4, 2015 Decision[1] and the October 16, 2015 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 05473-MIN, which reduced the administrative penalty imposed upon respondents Richard T. Martel (Martel) and Abel A. Guiñares (Guiñares) by the Office of the Ombudsman-Mindanao (Ombudsman) in its February 25, 2011 Decision and February 28, 2013 Order in Case No. OMB-M-A-05-450-L.

The Antecedents

In 2003, Martel...