A.C. No. 10758/A.C. No. 10759/A.C. No. 10760/A.C. No. 107. December 5, 2017

"A.C. No. 10758/A.C. No. 10759/A.C. No. 10760/A.C. No. 107. December 5, 2017 is a Decision 2017 by the Supreme Court.

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Case Details

 * Atty. Rosita L. Dela Fuente Torres, et al. Vs. Atty. Bayani P. Dalangin/Glenda Alvaro Vs. Atty. Bayani P. Dalangin/Atty. Bayani P. Dalangin Vs. Atty. Rosita L. Dela Fuente Torres and Atty. Avelino Andres/Atty. Bayani P. Dalangin Vs. Atty. Rosita L. Dela Fuente Torres
 * A.C. No. 10758/A.C. No. 10759/A.C. No. 10760/A.C. No. 107. December 5, 2017
 * Justice Andres Reyes Jr.
 * http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=/jurisprudence/2017/december2017/10758.pdf
 * http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=/jurisprudence/2017/december2017/10758_peralta.pdf
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"The same conclusion equally applies in A.C.No. 10761. The commission of perjury was imputed upon Atty. Torres, as the person who prepared the affidavits of Marzan and Valdez. As witnesses in CBD Case No. 11-3215, Marzan and Valdez claimed that Atty.Dalangin prepared an affidavit for Atty. Torres' disbarment without fully explaining to them the contents thereof. The fact that Atty. Torres induced the affiants to make perjured statements, however, was not established by clear and convincing proof. Even granting that statements of affiants were eventually determined to be inaccurate and untruthful, it would be wrong to at once ascribe error or fault upon the lawyers who drafted the affidavits, in the absence of clear and sufficient proof that they actively participated in the intentional commission of a fraud or declaration of fabricated statements."