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Office of the Court Administrator vs Edgardo Mabelin

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, complainant, vs. EDGARDO A. MABELIN, respondent.

A.M. No. P-98-1275 | 2003-03-26

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Edgardo A. Mabelin, Legal Researcher II of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 14, Ligao, Albay, was charged with Dishonesty and Incompetence in the performance of duty by the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA).

The following facts spawned the filing of the case:

An information for Illegal Possession of Firearm and Ammunitions was filed against Zaldy Gazer y Lizano on January 24, 1991[1] before the RTC of Albay where it was docketed as Crim. Case No. 2781 (the criminal case). The firearm was described in the Information as "COVINA model, Cal. 22, Serial No. F00797."

During the trial of the...