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Fonacier-Abano, Concepcion vs. Constante A. Ancheta

CONCEPCION FONACIER-ABANO, petitioner, vs. JUDGE CONSTANTE A. ANCHETA, respondent.

A.M. No. 1938-CFI | 1981-09-11

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J.:

Without prejudice to the filing of extended opinions, the Court has Resolved to order the separation from the service of respondent Judge Constante A. Ancheta, presiding judge of Branch III at Daet of the Court of First Instance of Camarines Norte effective immediately.

The extensive 47-page single space Report of the Honorable Investigator Associate Justice Oscar R. Victoriano of the Court of Appeals submitted the following findings:

"(1) While Charge No. I on consorting with litigants and receiving gifts and favors as a whole was not made out, still there is credible evidence that he had been seen in public...