Retired justice charged with gross misconduct

BAGUIO CITY — The Supreme Court (SC) has formally charged retired Court of Appeals Associate Justice Isaias Dicdican with gross misconduct in connection with his alleged involvement in the 2020 murder of lawyer Joey Luis B. Wee.  

Dicdican was charged due to a memorandum issued by Court Administrator Raul B. Villanueva on 24 March, following an investigation into the case, which has been endorsed by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to the Cebu City Prosecution Office and the Office of the Prosecutor General.  

 Record showed Wee was shot and killed on 23 November 2020, at the ground floor of the building housing his law office in Cebu City. 

Justice Dicdican was ordered by the SC to file an answer within a non-extendible period of 10 days from receipt of the charge.