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Sps. Lirio U. Rabanal And Cayetano D. Rabanal vs Atty. Faustino F. Tugade

SPOUSES LIRIO U. RABANAL AND CAYETANO D. RABANAL, complainants, vs. ATTY. FAUSTINO F. TUGADE, respondent.

A.C. No. 1372 | 2002-06-27

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an administrative complaint filed by complainant spouses Cayetano and Lirio Rabanal against Atty. Faustino F. Tugade. It is alleged that respondent, as counsel for complainant Cayetano Rabanal, did not file the appellant's brief in the Court of Appeals, as a result of which the appeal filed by Cayetano was dismissed and the decision of the then Circuit Criminal Court of Tuguegarao, Cagayan became final and executory.

It appears that complainant Cayetano Rabanal was one of the accused-appellants in Criminal Case No. CCC-I-150, entitled "People of the Philippines v. Marcelino Rabanal y Ibañez,...