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Arturo C. Sampana vs. Atty. Edgardo J. Angara, et al.

ARTURO C. SAMPANA, Complainant, versus ATTY. EDGARDO J. ANGARA and ATTY. DEMAREE J.B. RAVAL, Respondents.

A.C. No. 5839 | 2006-08-22

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.: 

Before Us is a Complaint[1] for the disbarment of incumbent Senator Edgardo J. Angara (respondent Angara) and Atty. Demaree J.B. Raval (respondent Raval), filed by Arturo C. Sampana with the Commission on Bar Discipline (CBD) of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP). Complainant alleges that respondents committed various offenses amounting to gross misconduct, violation of their oath as lawyers, and the Code of Professional Responsibility by instructing, inducing, cajoling, and instigating the complainant in perpetrating falsehoods and in committing unlawful acts.[2] 

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