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Interadent Zahntechnik etc. vs. Atty. Simbillo

INTERADENT ZAHNTECHNIK, PHIL., INC., REPRESENTED BY LUIS MARCO I. AVANCENA, Complainant, vs. ATTY. REBECCA S. FRANCISCO - SIMBILLO, Respondent. Present: SERENO, CJ, • LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, BERSAMIN, PERLAS-BERNABE, and CAGUIOA, JJ:

A.C. No. 9464 | 2016-08-24

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
RESOLUTION
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
A complaint for disbarment based on the respondent attorney's alleged moral turpitude cannot prosper after the criminal cases charging him with offenses involving moral turpitude were dismissed by the competent trial courts. The rule regarding this ground for disbarment requires the respondent attorney's conviction of the offense involving moral turpitude by final judgment.
 
Antecedents
 
On March 12, 2012, the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) received a letter from the attorney for complainant Intradent...