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Padilla vs Silerio

MARIETTA A. PADILLA, complainant, vs. JUDGE SALVADOR D. SILERIO, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 14, LIGAO, ALBAY, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-98-1421 | 2000-05-09

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

A complaint for grave misconduct and dishonesty was filed by Marietta A. Padilla against Judge Salvador D. Silerio of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 14, of Ligao, Albay, said to have been committed by him while detailed at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 8, Legazpi City, from August 1989 to August 1997.

In a criminal case for an alleged violation of Batas Pambansa Blg. ("B.P.") 22, docketed Criminal Case No. 6623 and entitled "People of the Philippines versus Arlene Duran," lodged before the sala of herein respondent judge, the accused Arlene Duran posted a cash bond with the Clerk of Court in the amount...