[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 276-2016, December 20, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 276-2016, December 20, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 276-2016, December 20, 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 OF ATTY. ROLANDO B. MIRANDA FOR ONE (1) YEAR AND REVOCATION OF HIS NOTARIAL COMMISSION AND DISQUALIFICATION FROM REAPPOINTMENT AS NOTARY PUBLIC FOR TWO (2) YEARS

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the Decision dated 10 November 2015 of the First Division in Administrative Case No. 8507, entitled "Elena Biete Leones Vda. De Miller v. Atty. Rolando B. Miranda," to wit:

WHEREFORE, respondent Atty. Rolando B. Miranda is found GUILTY of violating the 2004 Rules on Notarial Practice and the Code of Professional Responsibility. Accordingly, the Court SUSPENDS him from the practice of law for one (1) year; REVOKES his incumbent notarial commission, if any; and PROHIBITS him from being commissioned as a notary public for two (2) years, effective immediately, with a STERN WARNING that a repetition of the same or similar acts in the future shall be dealt with more severely.

Respondent received the decision on 6 January 2016.

20 December 2016

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator