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Loreto Joaquin vs Judge Fe Albano Madrid

LORETO JOAQUIN, petitioner, vs. JUDGE FE ALBANO MADRID, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court Second Judicial Region Branch 21, Santiago City, respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-04-1856 | 2004-09-30

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

On complaint of Loreto Joaquin,[1] Judge Fe Albano Madrid, Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Santiago City, Branch 21, is administratively charged of Gross Misconduct arising from her issuance of orders in Criminal Case No. 3946, People v. Engr. Loreto Joaquin, for Homicide, of which complainant is the accused.

THE FACTS

An Information for Homicide,[2] following an inquest, was filed on July 19, 2002 by the Santiago City Prosecutor against complainant at the RTC of Santiago City where it was docketed as Criminal Case No. 3946. The victim being a minor, the case was raffled to...