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Judge Jose Godofredo M. Naui Vs. Judge Marciano C. Mauricio, Sr.

JUDGE JOSE GODOFREDO M. NAUI, RTC, Branch 37, Bambang, Nueva Viscaya, complainant, vs. JUDGE MARCIANO C. MAURICIO, SR., MTCC, Branch 1, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-01-1368 | 2003-10-23

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

On March 24, 1998, Presiding Judge Godofredo M. Naui, Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 37, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, issued a warrant for the arrest of Pedro de Guzman, the accused in Criminal Case No. 1053-37, for Estafa, raffled to the said branch. The court fixed the amount of P30,000.00 as bail bond for the provisional release of the accused.

Early in the morning of April 1, 1998, police officers of the Criminal Investigation Service (CIS) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Cabanatuan City, served the warrant on de Guzman, who was then in the poblacion of General Natividad, Nueva Ecija and...