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Antonio De Zuzuarregui, Jr. vs Judge Maxwel R. Rosete

ANTONIO DE ZUZUARREGUI, JR., complainant, vs. JUDGE MAXWEL R. ROSETE, Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 58, San Juan, Metro Manila, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-02-1426 | 2002-05-09

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a complaint against Judge Maxwel R. Rosete of the Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 58, San Juan, Metro Manila, for gross ignorance of the law, grave abuse of authority, incompetence, and impropriety, for dismissing with prejudice a criminal case for falsification of a private document filed by complainant.

The information in Criminal Case No. 52786, entitled People of the Philippines v. Eduardo I. Lim and Paolo Z. Barrameda, alleged that on July 2, 1997, the accused conspired in preparing and executing an authorization letter bearing the forged signature of complainant Antonio de Zuzuarregui, Jr. and...