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de Mulata, et al. vs. Irizari

SOLEDAD AVILLAR DE MULATA, ANTONIO ESTEBAN, and BUENAVENTURA BAYO, complainants, vs. JUDGE ELIAS C. IRIZARI, respondent.

A.M. No. 71-MJ | 1974-11-29

R E S O L U T I O N

ANTONIO, J:

These are two administrative complaints filed by Soledad Avillar and Antonio Esteban (Administrative Case No. L-2) and Buenaventura Bayo (Administrative Case No. L-3), respectively, against respondent Municipal Judge Elias C. Irizari of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. Both cases advert to respondent's conduct of the preliminary examination in two criminal cases filed with his court.

In Administrative Case No. L-2, respondent is charged with "grave abuse of discretion, favoritism and bias" for having conducted the preliminary examination in Criminal Case No. 1074 without giving the accused therein an...