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Verified Motion For Reconsideration
Verified Motion For Reconsideration
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after trial and Partial Judgment, and after her receipt of a) S.C. 2nd Division 2006 Judgment
REMINDING Mrs. Socorro Joson … b) CA March 4, 2008, Writ of Amparo Decision, c)
including OCAD 2 Indorsements both dated March 6, 2008, re: Judge Floro’s complaint and
request for detail of OIC, Mrs. Joson;
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Juez de Cuchillo of barbaric tribes, nomads and uncivilized nations, leading to extra-
judicial killings of journalists, politicians, lawyers and judges / justices.
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On January 25, 2005, and on December 10, 2006, Philippines Social Weather Stations
released the results of its 2 surveys on corruption in the judiciary; it published that: a) like
1995, 1/4 of lawyers said many/very many judges are corrupt. But (49%) stated that a
judges received bribes, just 8% of lawyers admitted they reported the bribery, because they
could not prove it. [Tables 8-9]; judges, however, said, just 7% call many/very many judges
as corrupt[Tables 10-11];b) "Judges see some corruption; proportions who said - many/very
many corrupt judges or justices: 17% in reference to RTC judges, 14% to MTC judges, 12%
to Court of Appeals justices, 4% i to Shari'a Court judges, 4% to Sandiganbayan justices and
2% in reference to Supreme Court justices [Table 15].
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corruption
Undersigned petitioner, Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr., under oath, by
HIMSELF and for HIMSELF, as litigant / petitioner in these cases, AND WITH
LEAVE OF THIS COURT, most respectfully moves for reconsideration of the 9
pages Partial Judgment dated April 15, 2008, in these cases, copy of which,
undersigned hereby MANIFESTS to have received on April 18, 2008, upon the
ground that the said decision or final order is contrary to law and settled
jurisprudence (Secs. 1, 2, Rule 37, Revised Rules of Court, inter alia).
These cases have been pending a long mystifying time, almost like a
Churchillian riddle wrapped in an enigma inside a Pandora box. USA Justice
Holmes said “[g]reat cases like hard cases make bad law.”4 The brilliant
Justice J.B.L. Reyes wrote that it is human nature to put in the back burner what
is difficult. But undue delay in rendering a decision or order is not in the interest
of anybody. If a judge cannot get a speedy disposition of his case, what might a
layman expect? It affects the credibility or mandate of the Court and the judicial
department in the dispensation of justice. The time has come.
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Northern Securities Co.,Inc. vs. US, 193 U.S. 197, 400 (1904).
RELIEF
NOTICE of Hearing
TO:
The Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC, Malolos, Bulacan,
Hon. Petrita Braga Dime, Hon. Herminia Pasamba, Hon. Renato Franciso,
and Hon. Thelma Pinero-Cruz,
The Office of the Executive Judges, RTC, Malolos, Bulacan,
The Branch Clerks of Courts/OICs, Brs. 14, 80, 19, and 16, RTC, Malolos,
Bulacan,
Atty. Ireneo E. Guardiano,
Counsel of Record for respondents Mariano and Ligaya Blanco,
Atty. Nye Orquillas,
Counsel of Record for petitioners Sps. Alfredo and Florentina Trinidad,
The Office of Provincial Prosecutor,
c/o Br. 16, RTC, Assistant Prosecutor, Benjamin Medrano,
Please take NOTICE that the undersigned will submit the instant /
foregoing pleading/motion for reconsideration, etc., for HEARING,
consideration, deliberation and resolution of the Honorable Court, on April 25,
2008, Friday, at 9:00 a.m. or soon thereafter that the cases may be heard; and
if, for any reason the motion will not be able to be heard, on said date, then,
undersigned will also submit this motion for hearing and resolution of the Court
on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 29 and 30, 2008, both at 9:00 a.m.
It is petitioned to the Office of Clerk of Court / Office of the Executived
Judge / Hon. Herminia Pasamba, or Hon. Renato Francisco, that the
expediente or records be returned to Branch 16, RTC, Malolos, Bulacan, so
that the instant motion may be heard by said Court; and / or, if for any reason,
the instant motion may not be heard by said branch, it is finally petitioned that
this motion be heard, by the Executive Judges Hon. Herminia Pasamba or Hon.
Renato Francisco, whoever might be present and available on said hearing dates
above-set.
Please CALENDAR and call this motion at the above-set hearing dates, in
accordance with the mandate of the Rules of Court on motions, inter alia.
COPY FURNISHED:
(By Personal Service):
The gravely erred in not applying the other applicable laws, to wit:
In G.R. No. 107432 July 4, 1994, CAUSAPIN vs. CA, the Supreme Court
ruled that: "an action to annul a deed of conveyance or contract based on
minority or lack of capacity to enter into the deed must be brought within four
years from the time such incapacity ceases." In G.R. No. 126000 October 7,
1998, MWSS vs. CA, the Court likewise ruled that: "a contract where consent is
given through mistake, violence, intimidation, undue influence or fraud, is
voidable" 2. Contracts "where consent is vitiated by mistake, violence,
intimidation, undue influence or fraud" are voidable or annullable; Concepts of
Voidable Contracts. — Voidable or anullable contracts are existent, valid, and
binding, although they can be annulled because of want of capacity or vitiated
consent of the one of the parties, but before annulment, they are effective and
obligatory between parties. Hence, it is valid until it is set aside and its validity
may be assailed only in an action for that purpose. The four year prescriptive
period under Art. 1391 of the New Civil Code will apply. This article provides
that the prescriptive period shall begin in the cases of intimidation, violence or
undue influence, from the time the defect of the consent ceases", and "in case of
mistake or fraud, from the time of the discovery of the same time”.
The Court gravely erred, therefore, in failing to annul the subject void
mortgage, not only because of the Court injunction but it further closed its legal
eyes to the CRITICAL FACT - duly proved by admitted and uncontradicted
documentary evidence (Exhibits A to G/sub-markings) and supported by
unrebutted testimonial evidence (since respondents, all of them, failed to appear
in Court to present their evidence, despite repeated Orders of the Court, that is,
waiver to present evidence, as will be discussed hereunder) - that Milagros
Floro, at the time of the mortgage was incapacitated, very sick, and never knew
what she was signing, and such mortgage caused her death, which death, also
caused the deaths and pains of all those who persecuted undersigned, due to the
biblical curse under Psalms 109 and 73.
The Court further gravely erred, in failing to annul the subject void
mortgage, and in disregarding undersigned’s May 25, 2008 OMNIBUS Motions
to declare the January 5, 1996 mortgage MOOT since, it can no longer be
enforced or foreclosed due to prescription.
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Brown S; Inskip H, Barraclough B (2000). "Causes of the excess mortality of
schizophrenia". Br J Psychiatry 177: 212-7. PMID 11040880. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
extinguished by EXTINCTIVE PRESCRIPTION, and the duly filed amended
(October 2, 1998) pleading for annulment was the real / proper action to cancel
or rescind the said voidable and moot contract of mortgage, causing the titles of
undersigned to be free from all liens and encumbrances under the law / rules.
The court further ignored the elementary rule of law and jurisprudence that
an encumbrancer or mortgagee with knowledge of the lien / injunction is a
transferee with knowledge and in bad faith. Respondents Blancos entered into
the contract with full knowledge of the injunction and the dying condition of the
mortgagor Milagros Floro. Such being the legal situation, respondents Blanco’s
interests and alleged but never proved in Court adverse claim not only expired,
but were never born in law; they never existed in legal fact, and they lost all
their rights, if any, against undersigned and Milagros Floro. Their remaining
right to go after Joselito Floro also prescribed on 2006, since they slept on their
rights, by abandoning the court proceedings, despite repeated Court orders to
present evidence.
Ergo, the Court in this regard, further gravely erred in ruling that the
civil aspect was included in the criminal case. Such could have had happened
were it not for the filing of respondents Blancos of answers / with counterclaims
in these cases; with their participation, thru Atty. Rafael Santos, Atty. Donato
Mabbayad and Atty. Irineo Guardiano, per pleadings with duly signed and
approved STIPULATIONS OF FACTS, the Blancos opted to fight in these
cases; but they were declared by the Court to have abandoned their rights to
submit evidence, to cross-examine undersigned and to rebut the evidence.
Exhibits A-8 and A-8-1 (4 pages petitioner’s Manifestation-Letter Notice dated July 21,
1993, with the registry receipts, both originals) = pages 111 to 114, records; marked on
September 13, 2004, Br. 16, RTC, Malolos, Bulacan;
Exhibit I = pages 78
[Vide: TSN dated December 8, 1998 – pages 2 to 5, and Order regarding jurisdictional
requirements, on page 7; copies are attached herewith as reference – as “Annex A” hereof].
[Vide: TSN dated March 4, 1999 – pages 3 to 4, copies are attached herewith as reference –
as “Annex A-1” hereof].
[Vide: TSN dated March 4, 1999 – pages 4 to 32, and Order regarding jurisdictional
requirements, on page 7; copies are attached herewith as reference – as “Annex B” hereof].
All the annexes A to G / sub-markings (of the Verified Petition - Vide: pages 2 12, etc.,
records, dated September 28 / 29, 1998 as amended by the Amended Verified Complaint filed
and all fees duly paid on October 9, 1998 – Vide pages 123 to 132, records), were
correspondingly marked as Exhibits A to G / sub-markings – at the trial / hearing dated
March 19, 1999 before Br. 9, RTC, Malolos, Bulacan:
ALL THE EXHIBITS A to G / sub-markings duly marked in both cases are exactly the
SAME exhibits and annexes of both petitions, duly consolidated.
Formal Offer of Petitioners’ Documentary Evidence:
All the petitioners’ annexes A to G / sub-markings, and court documents, marked and
identified as Exhibits A to I / sub-markings, in these 2 cases were all formally offered and
admitted in evidence at the hearing dated September 13, 2004, EVEN if all said exhibits were
stipulated and admitted by petitioners and respondents Blancos in the joint stipulation of
facts, above-cited.
In P-405-98 case:
All the petitioners’ annexes A to G / sub-markings, Exhibits A-8 and A-8-1 (4 pages
petitioner’s Manifestation-Letter Notice dated July 21, 1993, with the registry receipts, both
originals),
WERE formally offered by petitioners at the Hearing dated September 13, 2004 (under
RULE 129, Sec. 4, RULE 132 - C. OFFER AND OBJECTION - Sec. 34. Offer of evidence,
"Such offer shall be done orally unless allowed by the court to be done in writing. (n)”, Sec.
36. Objection, Sec. 38.Ruling, in relation to – RULE 18, PRE-TRIAL - (b) The simplification
of the issues; (d) The possibility of obtaining stipulations or admissions of facts and of
documents to avoid unnecessary proof; RULE 30- TRIAL - Sec. 6. Agreed statement of
facts).
To PROVE the foregoing CRITICAL fact that petitioners FORMALLY offered all the
exhibits duly marked in these 2 cases for the purposes stated, undersigned INTERSPERSED
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a) Court Orders dated 12 August and 13 & 22, September, 2004 (Annexes “C, D, C-1”,
respectively) declaring the waiver by all respondents to cross-examine undersigned and to
present evidence, and the ADMISSION of all the exhibits in these 2 cases by the Court for
purposes stated in the formal offer, and
b) TSN dated 13 September, 2004, pages 2 to 4, where petitioners formally offered all the
exhibits for the purposes stated therein and duly admitted by the Court (Annex “D-1”
hereof).
Petitioner respectfully cites the following laws, circulars and rules, to support his contention
that – a) the decision in this case should have been rendered and released on December 23,
2004; b) the Branch Clerk of Court, (in conspiracy with) and Atty. Nye Orquillas, the
Trinidads and respondents’ Blancos, inter alia, are liable under these laws, criminally and
administratively, due to palpable obstruction of justice and delay of petitioner’s cause
because of the resultant unjust and unlawful orders which stopped the judgment’s issuance
as of December 23, 2004. Until the decision in this case is rendered, the Certificate of
Service of the Presiding Judge cannot state that there is no pending case which has not yet
been decided, since petitioner proved that the decision must have been issued on December
23, 2004 were it not for the criminal and administrative wrong doings of said counsel and
court personnel.
A.M. NO. 01-8-10-SC- RE: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RULE 140 OF THE RULES
OF COURT RE: DISCIPLINE OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES - The Court resolved to
APPROVE the amendment of Rule 140 of the Rules of Court regarding the discipline of
Justices and Judges, so as to read as follows:
SEC. 11. Sanctions. – A. If the respondent is guilty of a serious charge, any of the following
sanctions may be imposed: 1. Dismissal from the service, forfeiture of all or part of the
benefits as the Court may determine, and disqualification from reinstatement or appointment
to any public office, including government-owned or controlled corporations. Provided,
however, that the forfeiture of benefits shall in no case include accrued leave credits; 2.
Suspension from office without salary and other benefits for more than three (3) but not
exceeding six (6) months; or 3. A fine of more than P20,000.00 but not exceeding P40,000.00
B. If the respondent is guilty of a less serious charge, any of the following sanctions shall be
imposed: 1. Suspension from office without salary and other benefits for not less than one (1)
nor more than three (3) months; or 2. A fine of more than P10,000.00 but not exceeding
P20,000.00.
These amendments to Rule 140 shall take effect on October 1, 2001 following their
publication in two newspapers of general circulation on or before September 15, 2001.
ADJUDICATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
RULE 3.01 - A judge shall be faithful to the law and maintain professional competence.
RULE 3.02 - In every case, a judge shall endeavor diligently to ascertain the facts and the
applicable law unswayed by partisan interests, public opinion or fear of criticism. RULE 3.05
- A judge shall dispose of the court's business promptly and decide cases within the required
periods.
Counsel who deliberately files an unsigned pleading, or signs a pleading in violation of this
Rule, or alleges scandalous or indecent matter therein, or fails to promptly report to the court
a change of his address, shall be subject to appropriate disciplinary action.
Sec. 12. Striking out of pleading or matter contained therein. Upon motion made by a party
before responding to a pleading or, if no responsive pleading is permitted by these Rules,
upon motion made by a party within twenty (20) days after the service of the pleading upon
him, or upon the court's own initiative at any time, the court may order any pleading to be
stricken out or that any sham or false, redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous
matter be stricken out therefrom.
RULE 129
What Need Not Be Proved Sec. 4.Judicial admissions. — An admission, verbal or written,
made by the party in the course of the proceedings in the same case, does not require proof.
The admission may be contradicted only by showing that it was made through palpable
mistake or that no such admission was made. (2a)
RULE 132 - C. OFFER AND OBJECTION - Sec. 34. Offer of evidence. — The court shall
consider no evidence which has not been formally offered. The purpose for which the
evidence is offered must be specified. (35)
Sec. 35.When to make offer. — As regards the testimony of a witness, the offer must be
made at the time the witness is called to testify.
Documentary and object evidence shall be offered after the presentation of a party's
testimonial evidence. Such offer shall be done orally unless allowed by the court to be done
in writing. (n)
Sec. 36. Objection. — Objection to evidence offered orally must be made immediately after
the offer is made. An offer of evidence in writing shall be objected to within three (3) days
after notice, unless a different period is allowed by the court. In any case, the grounds for the
objections must be specified. (36a)
Sec. 38.Ruling. — The ruling of the court must be given immediately after the objection is
made, xxx.
RULE 18, PRE-TRIAL - Sec. 2. Nature and purpose. (b) The simplification of the issues; (d)
The possibility of obtaining stipulations or admissions of facts and of documents to avoid
unnecessary proof;
RULE 30- TRIAL - Sec. 6. Agreed statement of facts. The parties to any action may agree, in
writing, upon the facts involved in the litigation, and submit the case for judgment on the
facts agreed upon, without the introduction of evidence. If the parties agree only on some of
the facts in issue, the trial shall be held as to the disputed facts in such order as the court shall
prescribe.