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Elena Pace vs Reno Leonardo

ELENA F. PACE, complainant, vs. RENO M. LEONARDO, Clerk of Court II, MCTC, Branch 5, Odiongan, Romblon, respondent.

A.M. No. P-03-1675 | 2003-08-06

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

In a complaint[1] filed on May 28, 2002, complainant Elena F. Pace charged respondent Reno M. Leonardo, Clerk of Court II, Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC), Odiongan, Romblon, Branch 5, with usurpation of judicial functions and gross ignorance of law.

Complainant was the offended party in Criminal Case No. OD-6516, entitled "People v. Raf Yap," for grave slander before said trial court. According to her complaint, the accused, Raf Yap, after posting a cash bond of five thousand pesos (P5,000.00), managed to go abroad. Upon his return nine years later, Yap pleaded guilty to the offense of grave...