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Lalaine Apuya vs Judge Tranquilino Ramos

LALAINE O. APUYA, complainant, vs. JUDGE TRANQUILINO V. RAMOS, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-01-1353 | 2001-12-13

R E S O L U T I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

This administrative case for Ignorance of the Law originated from a written complaint for Acts of Lasciviousness, docketed as Criminal Case No. 6078, filed on 13 March 1996 by Lalaine O. Apuya in the sala of Judge Tranquilino V. Ramos of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Solano, Nueva Vizcaya.

It turned out that complainant was only thirteen (13) years old when the case was filed. Upon motion of the counsel for the defense, respondent Judge issued an order, dated 10 April 1996, provisionally dismissing the complaint on the ground that complainant "has no personality to file (the) action without the...