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  • ATTY Catalan vs. Silvosa

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    Rogie Apolo
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    Atty. Silvosa was convicted of direct bribery for bribing a colleague prosecutor by the Sandiganbayan. He claimed he was convicted in his capacity as a public officer, not as a lawyer. However, the court ruled that disbarment follows as a consequence of his conviction. His excuse that the conviction was not in his capacity as a lawyer was unacceptable. The court disbarred Atty. Silvosa, finding that he had proved himself unfit to practice law due to a lack of integrity.

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    Atty. Silvosa was convicted of direct bribery for bribing a colleague prosecutor by the Sandiganbayan. He claimed he was convicted in his capacity as a public officer, not as a lawyer. However, the court ruled that disbarment follows as a consequence of his conviction. His excuse that the conviction was not in his capacity as a lawyer was unacceptable. The court disbarred Atty. Silvosa, finding that he had proved himself unfit to practice law due to a lack of integrity.

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    ATTY Catalan vs. Silvosa

    Transféré par

    Rogie Apolo
    Atty. Silvosa was convicted of direct bribery for bribing a colleague prosecutor by the Sandiganbayan. He claimed he was convicted in his capacity as a public officer, not as a lawyer. However, the court ruled that disbarment follows as a consequence of his conviction. His excuse that the conviction was not in his capacity as a lawyer was unacceptable. The court disbarred Atty. Silvosa, finding that he had proved himself unfit to practice law due to a lack of integrity.

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    ATTY. POLICARIO I. CATALAN, JR. vs.

    ATTY. JOSELITO M. SILVOSA A.C. No.


    7360, 24 July 2012
    Facts:

    Thee Sandiganbayan convicted Atty. Silvosa for direct bribery for bribing his then collea
    gue prosecutor.

    Attyy Silvosa claimed that “it is not the lawyer in respondent that was convicted, but his
    capacity as a public officer, the charge against respondent for which he was convicted fa
    lling under the category of crimes against public officers.

    Issue: won Atty. Silvosa should be disbarred considering that the crime for which he was
    convicted was in his capacity as public officer.

    Ruling:

    Yes.

    Disbarment follows as a consequence of Atty. Silvosa’s conviction of the crime.

    His excuse that his conviction was not in his capacity as a lawyer, but as a public officer,
    is unacceptable and betrays the unmistakable lack of integrity in his character. The pract
    ice of law is a privilege, and Atty. Silvosa has proved himself unfit to exercise this privile
    ge.

    Atty. Joselito M. Silvosa was DISBARRED.

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