Back

Teresita Q. Tucay Vs. Roger A. Domagas

TERESITA Q. TUCAY, complainant, vs. JUDGE ROGER A. DOMAGAS, Branch 46, Regional Trial Court, Urdaneta, Pangasinan, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-95-1286 | 1995-03-02

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

Teresita Q. Tucay filed this complaint against Judge Roger A. Domagas of the Regional Trial Court (Branch 46), Urdaneta, Pangasinan, charging him with ignorance of the law, serious misconduct and grave abuse of discretion.

The facts are as follows:

Ludovico Ellamil, Bernardo Ellamil and Melchor Ellamil are accused of murder in Criminal Case No. U-6762. The case was formerly assigned to the respondent judge. Teresita Tucay, the wife of the victim, is the complainant in that case.

On April 18, 1994, a petition for bail was filed on behalf of the accused Bernardo Ellamil. The petition was denied, 1 however,...