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Bernardo Q. Cuaresma Vs. Alfredo R. Enriquez

ATTY. BERNARDO Q. CUARESMA, complainant, vs. JUDGE ALFREDO R. ENRIQUEZ, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-91-608 | 1995-09-20

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

In an affidavit-complaint, 1 dated October 14, 1991, Atty. Bernardo Q. Cuaresma charged respondent Judge Alfredo Enriquez, Presiding Judge, Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 79, Las Piñas, Metro Manila, 2 with Ignorance of the Law, Grave Abuse of Power and Gross Inefficiency. The first two (2) charges were dismissed by this Court in its Resolution, 3 dated November 17, 1992, for lack of merit.

The charge of gross inefficiency stemmed from respondent judge's alleged inaction on three (3) criminal cases filed in his court. 4 Complainant is the counsel of Teresa Javier, the accused in said criminal cases....