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SBC Case No. 519.

July 31, 1997]

PATRICIA FIGUEROA, complainant


vs.
SIMEON BARRANCO, JR., respondent.
Facts:
Simeon Barranco, petitioner, was a bar exam passer. However, before he could take
his oath, Patricia Figueroa, respondent, petitioned that respondent be denied
admission. Her complaint was that respondent and she had been sweethearts, a
child of them was born out of wedlock, and that respondent did not fulfill his
repeated promises to marry. Furthermore, respondent married and settled with
another woman. Complainant further claimed that respondent forced complainant
into sexual relations with him.
Issue:
Are the charges set against the respondent enough to disbar him from taking the
lawyers oath?
Ruling:
No, the charges required to constitute a disbarment not only be immoral, but
grossly immoral. In the case at hand, the allegation on respondent merely suggest a
doubtful moral character. Furthermore, complainant continued to see respondent for
a while, even after giving birth to the child, thus suggesting that the sexual relations
were consensual and not forced.

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