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Quinto vs Vios

ATTY. ALBERTO P. QUINTO, complainant, vs. JUDGE GREGORIO S. VIOS, Municipal Trial Court, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-04-1551 | 2004-05-21

R E S O L U T I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

The instant administrative complaint arose when Atty. Alberto P. Quinto charged Judge Gregorio S. Vios, Municipal Trial Court, Lanao del Norte, with grave abuse of authority and ignorance of the law relative to Criminal Case No. 2713 entitled People of the Philippines v. Andres Bolando and John Doe for grave threats.

The complainant was the defense counsel in the said case. In his verified Complaint[1] dated December 19, 2001, he alleged that during the trial, the prosecution presented two witnesses whose testimonies were based on the accounts of another eyewitness; hence, hearsay. On...