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Belga vs Buban

POLICE CHIEF INSPECTOR NESTOR B. BELGA, complainant, vs. JUDGE MAMERTO M. BUBAN, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-99-1512 | 2000-05-09

R E S O L U T I O N


GONZAGA_REYES, J.:

Nestor B. Belga, then Chief of Police of Tabaco, Albay, filed an Information for Illegal Possession of Firearms against one Noel Bodota de Rama which was docketed as Criminal Case No. T-2497 and raffled to respondent Judge Mamerto M. Buban of the Regional Trial Court of Tabaco, Albay, Branch 18. Upon arraignment, accused pleaded not guilty.

The findings of fact by the trial court may be summarized as follows: On August 18, 1993, accused Noel Bodota de Rama was driving at a fast speed so that he almost sideswiped one of the policemen standing at the side of the road. The policemen, using the police...