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Renato M. Maligaya vs. Atty. Antonio G. Doronilla, Jr.

RENATO M. MALIGAYA, Complainant, versus ATTY. ANTONIO G. DORONILLA, JR., Respondent.

A.C. No. 6198 | 2006-09-15

SECOND DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N 
 
CORONA, J.: 
 
Atty. Antonio G. Doronilla, Jr. of the Judge Advocate General's Service is before us on a charge of unethical conduct for having uttered a falsehood in open court during a hearing of Civil Case No. Q-99-38778.[1] 
 
Civil Case No. Q-99-38778 was an action for damages filed by complainant Renato M. Maligaya, a doctor and retired colonel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, against several military officers for whom Atty. Doronilla stood as counsel. At one point during the February 19, 2002 hearing of the case, Atty. Doronilla said: 
 
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