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Re: Result of the Judicial Audit conducted in Branch 49, Regional Trial Court, Palawan

RE: RESULT OF THE JUDICIAL AUDIT CONDUCTED IN BRANCH 49, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PALAWAN

A.M. No. 19-12-293-RTC | 2020-06-30

EN BANC
 

DECISION
 
DELOS SANTOS, J.:
 
This administrative case stemmed from the judicial audit conducted in the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Branch 49, then presided by Judge Leopoldo Mario P. Legazpi (Judge Legazpi).

The Facts

A judicial audit was conducted in March 2014 in the RTC of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Branch 49. The result of the audit, as embodied in a Memorandum dated 20 January 2015 issued by Deputy Court Administrator Raul Bautista Villanueva (Deputy Court Administrator Villanueva), showed that there are: (1) eighty-eight (88) cases submitted for decision, seventy­ nine (79)...