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Laurel vs. Delute [CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION, REYES, J., JR., J.]

FELIPE D. LAUREL,[*] COMPLAINANT, VS. REYMELIO M. DELUTE, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 12298 | 2020-09-01

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION
 
REYES, J., JR., J.:
 
While I concur that Atty. Reymelio M. Delute (respondent) should be held administratively liable in this case, I am unable to join the majority in imposing upon him the supreme penalty of disbarment.
 
I maintain the view that in this case, the Court should refrain from passing upon the allegation of whether respondent manipulated and/or deceived the complainant into signing the Compromise Agreement. In Medina v. Lizardo,[1] the Court similarly declined to pass upon the issue of whether the respondent lawyer therein was guilty of deceit in inducing...