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Judge Nimfa Sitaca vs Atty Diego Palomares

JUDGE NIMFA P. SITACA, Complainant, versus ATTY. DIEGO M. PALOMARES, Respondent.

A.C. No. 5285 | 2004-04-14

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

Judge Nimfa Penaco-Sitaca seeks the disbarment of Atty. Diego M. Palomares, Jr., for having filed a falsified bail bond.

Judge Nimfa Penaco-Sitaca was the Acting Presiding Judge of Branch 35 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Ozamis City. Among the cases in her sala was Criminal Case No. RTC-1503 for murder against Dunhill Palomares, a son of Atty. Diego M. Palomares, Jr., herein respondent. Sometime in September 1997, Atty. Palomares, in representation of Dunhill, filed a bail bond of P200,000.00 to secure the latter's release. The bail bond was purportedly signed and approved by the late Judge Nazar U....