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State Prosecutors Vs. Manuel T. Muro

STATE PROSECUTORS, complainants, vs. JUDGE MANUEL T. MURO, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-92-876 | 1995-12-11

R E S O L U T I O N


PER CURIAM:

In a PER CURIAM Decision dated September 19, 1994, the Court declared that respondent judge Manuel T. Muro's motu propio dismissal of eleven (11) criminal cases filed against Mrs. Imelda Marcos for violation of Central Bank foreign exchange restrictions, admittedly prompted by mere newspaper reports of the lifting of all foreign exchange restrictions which are characterized as "hearsay evidence, twice removed" 1 and therefore not only inadmissible but without any probative value at all whether objected to or not, 2 and without waiting for the defense to file a motion to quash nor at least affording the...