[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 119-2016, May 25, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 119-2016, May 25, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 119-2016, May 25, 2016 ]

TO : THE COURT OF APPEALS, SANDIGANBAYAN, COURT OF TAX APPEALS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, SHARI'A DISTRICT COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS, SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURTS, THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR, PUBLIC ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES

SUBJECT : SUSPENSION FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR TWO (2) YEARS OF ATTY. AQUILINO A. MEJICA

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Resolution dated 10 March 2015 of the Supreme Court (En Banc) in A.C. No. 10679, entitled "PO1 Jose B. Caspe vs. Atty. Aquilino A. Mejica," to wit:

WHEREFORE, we find respondent Atty. Aquilino A. Mejica GUILTY of violation of Rules 1.03,1.04 and 10.01 and Canon 11 of the Code of Professional Responsibility. Accordingly, we SUSPEND respondent Atty. Aquilino A. Mejica from the practice of law for TWO (2) YEARS effective upon finality of this Resolution, with a warning that a repetition of the same or similar act in the future will be dealt with more severely.

In a Resolution dated 4 August 2015, the Court D ENIED with FINALITY the respondent's motion for reconsideration dated 29 May 2015 as the basic issues raised therein have been passed upon by this Court and no substantial arguments were presented to warrant the reversal of the questioned resolution. Respondent received the Resolution dated 4 August 2015 on 9 November 2015.

25 May 2016

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator