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In re: Lanuevo

In re:Lanuevo

A.C. No. 1162. August 29, 1975.

Makasiar, J.

FACTS:

Based on a confident letter of a bar flunked, the Supreme Court checked the records of the 1991 bar
examinations. Upon investigation, Bar Confidant Victorino Lanuevo admitted having brought back
the five examination notebooks for re-evaluation. Ramon Galang, bar candidate and who owns the
examination notebooks under investigation, denied having any knowledge of the actuations of the
Bar Confidant.

ISSUE:

WON Lanuevo and Galang be disbarred.

RULING:

Yes. For Lanuevo, the Bar Confidant is simply the custodian of the bar examination notebooks for
and in behalf of the court; hence, any suggestion or request by him for reevaluation or
reconsideration of the grades of the examinee is not only presumptuous but also offensive in the
norms of delicacy. Thus, he is therefore guilty of serious misconduct and should be disbarred.

In the case of Ramon Galang, he is disbarred on the grounds that he (1) omitted to declare his case
of slight physical injury on his applications for bar examinations and (2) cannot justifiably claim
that he deserved the increased grades given after the said re-evaluation.

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