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NBI vs Francisco Villanueva MTC 36

NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, complainant, vs. Judge FRANCISCO D. VILLANUEVA, Metropolitan Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 36, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-99-1207 | 2001-11-21

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

The conduct and behavior of those connected with an office charged with the dispensation of justice must always be beyond reproach. They must be free of impropriety, not only with respect to the performance of their judicial duties, but also in relation to their behavior outside the courtroom.

The Case

The administrative charge before us was triggered by a letter[1] from then Director Santiago Y. Toledo of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), recommending the prosecution of Judge Francisco D. Villanueva (Branch 36, Metropolitan Court of Quezon City) and three others for illegal recruitment under...