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Sps. Pedro And Angelina Telan Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

SPOUSES PEDRO and ANGELINA TELAN, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, ROBERTO TELAN, and SPOUSES VICENTE and VIRGINIA TELAN, respondents. Peter Donnely A. Barot for petitioners. Monsanto Law Office for private respondents.

G.R. No. 95026 | 1991-10-04

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

This is a petition for review of the Resolution dated December 28, 1989 of the Court of Appeals 1 which considered the appeal of the herein petitioners, spouses Pedro and Angelina Telan (hereinafter PEDRO and ANGELINA), ABANDONED and DISMISSED, for their failure to file an appeal brief within the reglementary period, pursuant to Section I(f), Rule 50 of the Rules of Court.

The only issue involved in this petition for review on certiorari is:

Whether or not the representation of the petitioner by a fake lawyer amounts to a deprivation of his right to counsel and hence a lack of due process.

The...