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Spouses Terry And Merlyn Gerken vs Judge Antonio C. Quintos

SPOUSES TERRY and MERLYN GERKEN, complainants, vs. JUDGE ANTONIO C. QUINTOS, Acting Presiding Judge of the Fourth Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Bagac-Morong, Bataan, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-02-1441 | 2002-07-31

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a complaint filed against Judge Antonio C. Quintos, Acting Presiding Judge of the Fourth Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Bagac-Morong, Bataan, for gross ignorance of the law, grave misconduct, and abuse of authority. Complainants were accused of kidnapping in Criminal Case No. 2857, entitled "People of the Philippines v. Terry Gerken, Merlyn Gerken, Walter Cutrer, and John Doe," of the Fourth Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Bagac-Morong, Bataan.

It appears that on August 23, 2000, complainants were arrested on the strength of a warrant issued by respondent Judge Antonio C. Quintos. Yolanda Cutrer...