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    This document summarizes a court case between Salvador Sison, a traffic enforcer, and Judge Jose F. Caoibes Jr. and Sheriff Teodoro Alvarez. Sison filed a complaint alleging grave abuse of authority after being stopped by the respondents for a traffic violation. While the judge confiscated Sison's driver's license, Sison introduced himself as working for an important person. The court found Judge Caoibes guilty of violating the Code of Judicial Conduct and dismissed him from service without retirement benefits. The decision was based on judges needing to conduct themselves with integrity and impartiality to promote public confidence in the judiciary.

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    This document summarizes a court case between Salvador Sison, a traffic enforcer, and Judge Jose F. Caoibes Jr. and Sheriff Teodoro Alvarez. Sison filed a complaint alleging grave abuse of authority after being stopped by the respondents for a traffic violation. While the judge confiscated Sison's driver's license, Sison introduced himself as working for an important person. The court found Judge Caoibes guilty of violating the Code of Judicial Conduct and dismissed him from service without retirement benefits. The decision was based on judges needing to conduct themselves with integrity and impartiality to promote public confidence in the judiciary.

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    A.M. No. RTJ-03-1771

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    This document summarizes a court case between Salvador Sison, a traffic enforcer, and Judge Jose F. Caoibes Jr. and Sheriff Teodoro Alvarez. Sison filed a complaint alleging grave abuse of authority after being stopped by the respondents for a traffic violation. While the judge confiscated Sison's driver's license, Sison introduced himself as working for an important person. The court found Judge Caoibes guilty of violating the Code of Judicial Conduct and dismissed him from service without retirement benefits. The decision was based on judges needing to conduct themselves with integrity and impartiality to promote public confidence in the judiciary.

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    GARCIA, Danielle Philip.

    4th Year/AB-Political Science

    A.M. No. RTJ-03-1771 May 27, 2004


    (Formerly A.M. OCA-IPI No. 99-842-RTJ)

    SALVADOR SISON, complainant,
    vs.
    JUDGE JOSE F. CAOIBES, JR., Presiding Judge, and TEODORO S. ALVAREZ, Sheriff
    IV, Regional Trial Court, Las Piñas City, Branch 253, respondents,

    PONENTE OF THE CASE: CALLEJO, SR., J.

    STATEMENT OF FACTS:

    On October 12, 1999, Salvador Sison a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
    traffic enforcer, filed a verified complaint charging Judge Jose F. Caoibes, Jr. and Sheriff
    Teodoro Alvarez of the Regional Trial Court of Las Piñas City, Branch 253, with grave abuse of
    authority. On September 8, 1999, at about 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon of said date, said
    authorized driver, while on board the official car of the undersigned on an official errand was
    flagged by the accused along the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue while he was positioning the car
    he was driving to the right lane as he was then to make a right turn; that after he stopped, he
    was told by the accused that swerving to the right lane was prohibited when it appeared that
    the sign therefore was still far off and not readily visible to the naked eye; that nonetheless, he
    introduced himself as the authorized driver of the undersigned, his son in fact, and showed to
    the accused the calling card of the undersigned with a notation in (sic) the dorsal portion
    thereof introducing the bearer of the card and requesting for assistance from law enforcers, and
    accordingly begged that he be allowed to proceed on his way considering that there was no
    danger to limb, life and property occasioned by his alleged traffic violation; that notwithstanding
    such introduction and plea, the accused confiscated the driver’s license of the authorized driver,
    even bragging in the process that he did the same to somebody who introduced himself as a
    lawyer the day before.

    STATEMENT OF ISSUE

    Whether or not the respondent judge violated Canon 2 of the Code of Judicial Conduct.

    DECISION:

    WHEREFORE, the Court finds respondent Judge Jose F. Caoibes, Jr., Regional Trial Court of
    Las Piñas City, Branch 253, GUILTY of serious impropriety unbecoming a judge for violating
    Canon 2 of the Code of Judicial Conduct, and is hereby DISMISSED from the service with
    forfeiture of all retirement benefits except accrued leave credits, with prejudice to re-
    employment in any branch of the government or any of its instrumentalities including
    government-owned and controlled corporations.
    REASON FOR THE DECISION:

    It was based on the act of the judge that he should so behave at all times to promote public
    confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary. The very delicate function of
    administering justice demands that a judge should conduct himself at all times in a manner
    which would reasonably merit the respect and confidence of the people, for he is the visible
    representation of the law. The irresponsible or improper conduct of judges erodes public
    confidence in the judiciary; as such, a judge must avoid all impropriety and the appearance
    thereof.

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