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MOLINTO D. PAGAYAO vs. FAUSTO H. IMBING, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga Del Sur, Branch XVIII, Pagadian City

MOLINTO D. PAGAYAO, complainant, vs. FAUSTO H. IMBING, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga Del Sur, Branch XVIII, Pagadian City, respondent.

A.M. RTJ No. 89-403 | 2001-08-15

R E S O L U T I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

This is an administrative complaint filed by Molinto Pagayao, the private complainant in Criminal Case No. 5763, entitled: "People of the Philippines v. Martin Villanueva" charging Presiding Judge Fausto Imbing, RTC, Branch 18, Pagadian City, with (a) grave abuse of authority; and (b) gross ignorance of the law, committed as follows:

(1) that on September 4, 1989, it was agreed in open court that the promulgation of judgment in Criminal Case No. 5763 would be made the following week but respondent judge, in violation of said agreement promulgated the judgment on September 6, 1989, thus depriving the...