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2013-06-18 |
PERLAS-BERNABE, J. |
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| Thus, as respondent's violations clearly constitute gross immoral conduct and gross misconduct, his disbarment should come as a matter of course. However, the Court takes judicial notice of the fact that he had already been disbarred in a previous administrative case, entitled Sps. Rafols, Jr. v. Ricardo G. Barrios, Jr.,[39] which therefore precludes the Court from duplicitously decreeing the same. In view of the foregoing, the Court deems it proper to, instead, impose a fine in the amount of P40,000.00[40] in order to penalize respondent's transgressions as discussed herein and to equally deter the commission of the same or similar acts in the future. | |||||