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[1/2] Flaviano Cortes vs Judge Emerito Agcaoili

[1/2] FLAVIANO B. CORTES, complainant, vs. JUDGE EMERITO M. AGCAOILI, Regional Trial Court, Branch 9, Aparri, Cagayan, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-98-1414 | 1998-08-20

"A month later, or on April 10, 1996, a certain Jimmy Abad filed in Branch 09 a Motion for Release [of] Forest Products, attaching thereto a Waiver and Release of Claim signed by accused Efren Chua (Exhibits 'L', 'L-2' and 'L-3', pp. 330-332, id.). The [t]rial [p]rosecutor filed his Opposition on the following grounds:

'1. The Court cannot make further disposition of the case because it has already lost jurisdiction;

'2. The Forest Products subject of the above entitled case, are not covered by legal documents that made the possession of Efren Chua illegal;

'3. The possession of Chua being illegal, the waiver is, therefore, void;

'4....