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Diego vs Castillo

EDUARDO P. DIEGO, Complainant, versus judge silverio q. castillo, Regional Trial Court, Dagupan Promulgated: City, Branch 43, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-02-1673 | 2004-08-11

DECISION



AZCUNA, J.:





This is an administrative complaint against Regional Trial Court Judge Silverio Q. Castillo for allegedly knowingly rendering an unjust judgment in a criminal case and/or rendering judgment in gross ignorance of the law.



The facts and circumstances of the criminal case are summarized, as follows:



a) On January 9, 1965, accused Lucena Escoto contracted marriage with Jorge de Perio, Jr., solemnized before then Mayor Liberato Reyna of Dagupan City. The couple were both Filipinos. In the marriage contract, the accused used and adopted the name Crescencia Escoto, with a civil status of single;



b) In a...