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Munoz vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES

VICENTE MUNOZ, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and THE COURT OF APPEALS, respondents, DELIA T. SUTTON, respondent.

G.R. No. L-33672 | 1973-09-14

R E S O L U T I O N

FERNANDO, J: 

We have before us a task far from pleasant. Respondent, Delia T. Sutton; a member of the Philippine Bar, connected with the law firm of Salonga, Ordoñez, Yap, Parlade, and Associates, must be held accountable for failure to live up to that exacting standard expected of counsel, more specifically with reference to a duty owing this Tribunal. She failed to meet the test of candor and honesty required of pleaders when, in a petition for certiorari prepared by her to review a Court of Appeals decision, she attributed to it a finding of facts in reckless disregard, to say the least, of what in truth was its...