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Romulo SJ Tolentino, State Prosecutor vs Judge Policarpio S. Camano, Jr, RTC, Br 58

ROMULO SJ TOLENTINO, State Prosecutor, complainant, vs. JUDGE POLICARPIO S. CAMANO, JR., Regional Trial Court, Branch 58, Tigaon, Camarines Sur, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-00-1522 | 2000-01-20

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a complaint filed by State Prosecutor and Acting Provincial Prosecutor of Camarines Sur Romulo SJ Tolentino against Judge Policarpio S. Camano, Jr. of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 58, Tigaon, Camarines Sur, for gross ignorance of the law, grave abuse of discretion, grave abuse of authority, violation of Canons 1, 2 and 3 of the Canons of Judicial Ethics, and incompetence in connection with the granting of bail to the accused in Criminal Case No. T-1468.

The facts are as follows:

The Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Camarines Sur filed an information against Roderick Odiaman for allegedly...