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De Enriquez vs Bautista & Montes

VIRGINIA VILLALUZ VDA. DE ENRIQUEZ, complainant, vs. JUDGE JAIME F. BAUTISTA and DEPUTY SHERIFF JAIME T. MONTES, RTC, BR. 75, VALENZUELA, METRO MANILA, respondents.

A.M. No. RTJ-99-1439 | 2000-05-09

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

Respondents Judge Jaime F. Bautista and Deputy Sheriff Jaime T. Montes were charged with gross misconduct for allegedly soliciting consideration in exchange for a favorable decision and for delaying execution thereof to the alleged embarassment and humiliation of complainant Virginia Villaluz vda. De Enriquez.

The complaint, docketed Administrative Case No. RTJ-99-1439, was referred to the Court of Appeals for Investigation, Report and Recommendation.

Following the investigation, Honorable Salvador J. Valdez, Jr., Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals, submitted an extensive evaluation of the case. In...