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FELIPE LAYOS, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. MARLITO I. VILLANUEVA, RESPONDENT.

FELIPE LAYOS, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. MARLITO I. VILLANUEVA, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 8085 | 2014-12-01

 
FIRST DIVISION

R E S O L U T I O N

PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
For the Court’s resolution is a Sumbong[1] dated November 26, 2008 filed by complainant Felipe Layos (complainant), charging respondent Atty. Marlito I. Villanueva (respondent) of violating the Code of Professional Responsibility (CPR) and the lawyer’s oath for neglecting the interests of his client.
 
The Facts
 
In the Sumbong, it was alleged that respondent is complainant’s counsel of record in Criminal Case No. 7367-B pending before the Regional Trial Court of Biñan, Laguna, Branch 24 (RTC), wherein the former’s constant failure to...