[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 107-2014, August 22, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 107-2014, August 22, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 107-2014, August 22, 2014 ]

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 ONE (1) YEAR OF ATTY. BENIGNO M. PUNO

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Resolution of the Third Division dated 17 April 2013 in Administrative Case No. 6512, entitled "Julian M. Tallano v. Atty. Benigno M. Puno," to wit:

WHEREFORE, we find Atty. Benigno M. Puno guilty of violating Section 27 of Rule 138 of the Rules of Court and Rule 10.01 of Canon 10 of the Code of Professional Responsibility. Accordingly, we SUSPEND him from the practice of law for one (1) year. He is warned that a repetition of the same or similar act in the future shall merit a more severe sanction.

The Court further DENIED respondent's omnibus motion for lack of merit, considering that a second motion for reconsideration is a prohibited pleading under Section 2, Rule 52 in relation to Section 4, Rule 56 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended.

22 August 2014

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator