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Ariel Panganiban, vs Judge Ma. Victoria Cupin-Tesorero

ARIEL Y. PANGANIBAN, complainant, vs. JUDGE MA. VICTORIA N. CUPIN-TESORERO, Presiding Judge, Second Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Silang-Amadeo, Cavite, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-02-1454 | 2002-08-27

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a complaint against Judge Ma. Victoria N. Cupin-Tesorero, Presiding Judge of the Second Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Silang-Amadeo, Cavite, for gross ignorance of the law, grave misconduct, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service in connection with her grant of bail to Jayson Toledo Marte, the accused in Crim. Case No. TG-3266-00 for rape.

The facts are undisputed:

On July 26, 1999, Maricel Toledo-Panganiban, wife of complainant Ariel Panganiban, filed a complaint against Jayson Toledo Marte for violation of R.A. No. 7610 for allegedly inserting his finger into the private...