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Office of the Court Administrator vs. Jose M. Estacion, Jr.

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, petitioner, vs. JUDGE JOSE M. ESTACION, JR., respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-87-104 | 1990-01-11

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

In her letter to the President of the Philippines dated February 7, 1987, copy of which was furnished the Court, Mrs. Ruth L. Vda. de Sison protested the appointment of the respondent as judge of the Regional Trial Court of Dumaguete City on January 30, 1987, notwithstanding the fact that he was then facing criminal charges for homicide and attempted homicide which had been filed against him in two separate informations dated June 25, 1986. This objection was reiterated in a sworn complaint filed with the Court on August 21, 1987, also by Mrs. Sison, who suggested that the respondent judge obtained his...