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Maimona Manonggiring vs Judge Amer R. Ibrahim

MAIMONA MANONGGIRING, complainant, vs. Judge Amer R. Ibrahim, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-01-1663 | 2002-11-15

R E S O L U T I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

For granting bail to an accused charged with a crime punishable by reclusion perpetua to death in a case pending before another sala, this Court finds respondent Judge Amer R. Ibrahim guilty of gross ignorance of the law and imposes upon him a fine of P20,000.00.

On January 17, 1995, Provincial Prosecutor Paca-ambung C. Macabando filed before the RTC of Lanao del Sur an information charging six (6) persons with "violation of Article 321 (1) of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Sec. 3 (2) of Presidential Decree No. 1613" (the criminal case) as follows:

The undersigned Provincial Prosecutor...