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Office of the Court Administrator vs Judge Agustin Sardido, MTC, Koronadal, South Cotabato

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, complainant, vs. JUDGE AGUSTIN T. SARDIDO, Municipal Trial Court of Koronadal, South Cotabato, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-01-1370 | 2003-04-25

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case

This is an administrative case against respondent Judge Agustin T. Sardido ("Judge Sardido") formerly presiding judge of the Municipal Trial Court of Koronadal, South Cotabato, for gross ignorance of the law. Judge Sardido issued an Order dated 20 October 1998 excluding Judge Braulio Hurtado, Jr. ("Judge Hurtado") of the Regional Trial Court of Kabacan, North Cotabato as one of the accused in an Amended Information.[1] Judge Sardido ruled that Supreme Court Circular No. 3-89 requires that Judge Hurtado be dropped from the Amended Information and his case be forwarded to the Court.

The Facts

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