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    (SM) Petition To Take The Lawyer's Oath by Arthur M. Cuevas, JR

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    Arthur M. Cuevas, Jr. passed the 1996 Bar Examinations but was not allowed to take the lawyer's oath due to a previous conviction for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide from a hazing incident in law school. He completed probation without incident and provided certifications of his upstanding moral character. The Court decided to allow Cuevas to take the lawyer's oath, but warned him that he must uphold the oath and Code of Professional Responsibility at all times, as the oath is not merely a formality but a commitment to conduct himself without reproach.

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    (SM) Petition To Take The Lawyer's Oath by Arthur M. Cuevas, JR

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    Arthur M. Cuevas, Jr. passed the 1996 Bar Examinations but was not allowed to take the lawyer's oath due to a previous conviction for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide from a hazing incident in law school. He completed probation without incident and provided certifications of his upstanding moral character. The Court decided to allow Cuevas to take the lawyer's oath, but warned him that he must uphold the oath and Code of Professional Responsibility at all times, as the oath is not merely a formality but a commitment to conduct himself without reproach.

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    Arthur M. Cuevas, Jr. passed the 1996 Bar Examinations but was not allowed to take the lawyer's oath due to a previous conviction for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide from a hazing incident in law school. He completed probation without incident and provided certifications of his upstanding moral character. The Court decided to allow Cuevas to take the lawyer's oath, but warned him that he must uphold the oath and Code of Professional Responsibility at all times, as the oath is not merely a formality but a commitment to conduct himself without reproach.

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    (SM) Petition To Take The Lawyer's Oath by Arthur M. Cuevas, JR

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    Arthur M. Cuevas, Jr. passed the 1996 Bar Examinations but was not allowed to take the lawyer's oath due to a previous conviction for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide from a hazing incident in law school. He completed probation without incident and provided certifications of his upstanding moral character. The Court decided to allow Cuevas to take the lawyer's oath, but warned him that he must uphold the oath and Code of Professional Responsibility at all times, as the oath is not merely a formality but a commitment to conduct himself without reproach.

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    IN RE: PETITION TO TAKE THE LAWYER'S OATH BY ARTHUR M.

    CUEVAS,
    JR.

    FACTS:
     Petitioner Arthur M. Cuevas, Jr., recently passed the 1996 Bar
    Examinations.
     His oath-taking was held in abeyance because of his previous conviction
    for Reckless Imprudence Resulting In Homicide. The conviction
    stemmed from petitioner's participation in the initiation rites of the LEX
    TALIONIS FRATERNITAS, a fraternity in the SAN BEDA COLLEGE OF LAW
     He was allowed to take the Bar but was not allowed to take the
    lawyer’s oath if he passed.
     Thereafter, petitioner applied for and was granted probation. He was
    discharged from probation and his case considered closed and
    terminated.
     Thus this petition.

    ISSUE: Whether or not petitioner Cuevas has the moral fitness required to
    take the lawyer’s oath?

    HELD:
    The petition before the Court requires the balancing of the reasons for
    disallowing or allowing petitioner's admission to the noble profession of
    law. His deliberate participation in the senseless beatings over a helpless
    neophyte which resulted to the latter's untimely demise indicates absence
    of that moral fitness required for admission to the bar. The Court,
    nonetheless, is willing to give petitioner a chance in the same manner that
    it recently allowed Al Caparros Argosino, petitioner's co-accused below, to
    take the lawyer's oath.

    Petitioner’s discharge from probation without any infraction of the


    attendant conditions therefor and the various certifications attesting to his
    righteous, peaceful and civic-oriented character prove that he has taken
    decisive steps to purge himself of his deficiency in moral character and
    atone for the unfortunate death of Raul I. Camaligan. The Court is prepared
    to give him the benefit of the doubt, taking judicial notice of the general
    tendency of the youth to be rash, temerarious and uncalculating.

    Let it be stressed to herein petitioner that the lawyer's oath is not a


    mere formality recited for a few minutes in the glare of flashing cameras
    and before the presence of select witnesses. Petitioner is exhorted to
    conduct himself beyond reproach at all times and to live strictly according
    to his oath and the Code of Professional Responsibility.

    The court then hereby resolved to allow Arthur M.. Cuevas, Jr., to take
    the lawyer's oath and to sign the Roll of Attorneys. This resolution was
    then to be attached to petitioner's personal records in the Office of the Bar
    Confidant.

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