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2008-02-13 |
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| Respondent's insistence that the complainant voluntarily gave the money to him did not make his misconduct any less reprehensible. A sheriff is not allowed to receive gratuities or voluntary payments from parties they are ordered to assist in the course of their duties.[7] | |||||
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2004-01-15 |
PANGANIBAN, J. |
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| Once again we emphasize that "[a]t the grassroots of our judicial machinery, sheriffs x x x are indispensably in close contact with the litigants, hence, their conduct should be geared towards maintaining the prestige and integrity of the court, for the image of a court of justice is necessarily mirrored in the conduct, official or otherwise, of the men and women who work thereat, from the judge to the least and lowest of its personnel;[81] hence, it becomes the imperative sacred duty of each and everyone in the court to maintain its good name and standing as a temple of justice."[82] Dismissed for lack of basis, however, is the charge of excessive enforcement of a writ filed against respondent sheriff. | |||||