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Lopez vs. Corpuz

ANICETO C. LOPEZ, complainant, vs. MUNICIPAL JUDGE CASTOR B. CORPUZ of Kiamba, South Cotabato, respondent.

A.M. No. 425-MJ | 1977-08-31

R E S O L U T I O N

FERNANDO, J:

The accusation filed against respondent Municipal Judge Castor B. Corpuz of Kiamba, South Cotabato, who was likewise acting in a concurrent capacity as the Municipal Judge of Maasim of the same province, was the willful violation of Republic Act No. 6036, the complainant being certain Aniceto C. Lopez of General Santos City. All that was imputed to him was that in his order of June 30, 1972, he released on the basis of an affidavit of recognizance a provisionally detained accused, Luis Gonzales, the lone suspect in a criminal case for estafa. The complainant was the allege offended party in such criminal...