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Judge Sitaca vs. Atty. Palomares

JUDGE NIMFA P. SITACA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. DIEGO M. PALOMARES, JR., RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 5285 | 2019-08-14

D E C I S I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
The Charge

By Complaint Affidavit[1] dated April 5, 2000, Hon. Nimfa P. Sitaca***, Acting Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) - Branch 35, Ozamiz City charged respondent Atty. Diego M. Palomares, Jr. before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) with falsification/disbarment/discipline. She essentially alleged:

In September 1997, Criminal Case No. RTC-1503 entitled "People of the Philippines v. Dunhill Palomares", for murder, got raffled to RTC-Branch 35, Ozamiz City, of which she is the Presiding Judge. Accused Dunhill Palomares was represented by his father, herein...