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People vs. Estenzo

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and FERMIN S. MAGLASANG, as Assistant City Fiscal of Ormoc City, petitioners, vs. HON. NUMERIANO G. ESTENZO, as Judge of the Court of First Instance, Ormoc City, respondent.

G.R. No. L-24522 | 1975-05-29

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

Had respondent Judge Numeriano G. Estenzo of the Court of First Instance of Ormoc City, 13th Judicial District, displayed a little more forbearance and manifested a greater sensitivity to the deportment expected of men on the bench, there would have been no need for the certiorari petition filed by Assistant City Fiscal Fermin S. Maglasang, 1 who was found guilty of direct contempt and sentenced to pay a fine of P100.00. The order for contempt reads as follows: "Assistant City Fiscal, Fermin Maglasang, when asked to explain the presence of witness Andres Mojadas in the Court notwithstanding the order for the...