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Antonio Ocenar vs. Judge Odelon S. Mabutin

ANTONIO OCENAR, complainant, vs. JUDGE ODELON S. MABUTIN, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-05-1582 | 2005-02-28



SECOND DIVISION
DECISION

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

In a verified Complaint[1] filed before the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), Antonio Ocenar charges Judge Odelon S. Mabutin, Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Catbalogan, Samar, with grave misconduct and gross ignorance of the law.  In support thereof, Ocenar narrates:  On 05 November 2002 at 10:30 p.m., Raymund Monsanto was arrested by the police officers of Catbalogan, Samar, in a buy-bust operation.  Confiscated from him were shabu paraphernalia, money, and 3.8 grams of shabu.  A case for violation of Section 5 of the Dangerous Drugs Act was filed against Monsanto who was...