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Inocencio Montes vs Judge Efren Mallare

INOCENCIO M. MONTES, complainant, vs. JUDGE EFREN B. MALLARE, Municipal Trial Court, Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-04-1528 | 2004-02-06

R E S O L U T I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

The instant administrative complaint arose when Inocencio M. Montes filed an Affidavit-Complaint dated January 2, 1999 charging Judge Efren B. Mallare of the Municipal Trial Court of Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija, with gross ignorance of the law and violation of Republic Act No. 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act) relative to Criminal Case No. 4052 entitled People of the Philippines v. Inocencio M. Montes, for estafa.

The complainant is the accused in the said criminal case. The complainant alleged that during the preliminary investigation[1] on November 17, 1998, the complainant (the accused...