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Gaudencio B. Pantilo III vs. Hon. Victor A. Canoy

GAUDENCIO B. PANTILO III, Complainant, vs. JUDGE VICTOR A. CANOY, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-11-2262 | 2011-02-09

FIRST DIVISION
D E C I S I O N

VELASCO, JR., J.:

This administrative complaint against Judge Victor A. Canoy (Judge Canoy) of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 29 in Surigao City stems from a complaint filed by Gaudencio Pantilo III (Pantilo), charging Judge Canoy with several counts of gross ignorance of the law and/or procedures, grave abuse of authority, and appearance of impropriety (Canon 2, Code of Judicial Conduct). Pantilo prays for Judge Canoy’s disbarment in relation to Criminal Case No. 8072 for Reckless Imprudence Resulting in Homicide entitled People of the Philippines v. Leonardo Luzon Melgazo.

The facts of the case, as...