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Judge Antonio Fineza vs Romeo Aruelo

JUDGE ANTONIO J. FINEZA, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court of Caloocan City, Branch 131, complainant, vs. ROMEO P. ARUELO, Clerk III, RTC, Branch 122, Caloocan City, respondent.

A.M. No. P-01-1522 | 2001-11-29

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

In a Letter-Complaint dated February 13, 1998,[1] Judge Antonio J. Fineza, Presiding Judge of Branch 131 of the Regional Trial Court of Caloocan City, charged respondent Romeo P. Aruelo, Clerk III, Branch 122 of the same court with Gross Misconduct and Obstruction of Justice relative to Criminal Cases Nos. C-52541 and C-52542 pending before his sala.

It appears that on October 21, 1997, Juanito Faustino, the accused in the above-mentioned criminal cases, failed to appear at his arraignment, for which reason Judge Fineza issued a warrant for his arrest. Subsequently, Faustino filed a "Voluntary...