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    26) in Re Galang

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    Ramon Galang passed the 1971 bar exam but his exam papers were improperly re-evaluated. An investigation revealed that in 1959, Galang was charged with slight physical injuries of another student. In 1973, Galang claimed not to remember this case. The victim later identified Galang as the person charged. Galang concealed this pending criminal case in his applications to take the bar exam in 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969 and 1971. As concealment of a criminal case is grounds for revoking a law license, and because of the irregular manner in which Galang passed the bar, the Supreme Court decided to revoke Galang's law license and remove his name from the roll of attorneys.

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    26) in Re Galang

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    Ramon Galang passed the 1971 bar exam but his exam papers were improperly re-evaluated. An investigation revealed that in 1959, Galang was charged with slight physical injuries of another student. In 1973, Galang claimed not to remember this case. The victim later identified Galang as the person charged. Galang concealed this pending criminal case in his applications to take the bar exam in 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969 and 1971. As concealment of a criminal case is grounds for revoking a law license, and because of the irregular manner in which Galang passed the bar, the Supreme Court decided to revoke Galang's law license and remove his name from the roll of attorneys.

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    Moral Turpitude, Legal Ethics

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    26) In re Galang

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    Ramon Galang passed the 1971 bar exam but his exam papers were improperly re-evaluated. An investigation revealed that in 1959, Galang was charged with slight physical injuries of another student. In 1973, Galang claimed not to remember this case. The victim later identified Galang as the person charged. Galang concealed this pending criminal case in his applications to take the bar exam in 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969 and 1971. As concealment of a criminal case is grounds for revoking a law license, and because of the irregular manner in which Galang passed the bar, the Supreme Court decided to revoke Galang's law license and remove his name from the roll of attorneys.

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    26) in Re Galang

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    Maima Zosa
    Ramon Galang passed the 1971 bar exam but his exam papers were improperly re-evaluated. An investigation revealed that in 1959, Galang was charged with slight physical injuries of another student. In 1973, Galang claimed not to remember this case. The victim later identified Galang as the person charged. Galang concealed this pending criminal case in his applications to take the bar exam in 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969 and 1971. As concealment of a criminal case is grounds for revoking a law license, and because of the irregular manner in which Galang passed the bar, the Supreme Court decided to revoke Galang's law license and remove his name from the roll of attorneys.

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    Case#26(Zosa)

    [A.C.No.1163.August29,1975.]
    INRE:RAMONE.GALANG,alias
    ROMANE.GALANG,1971Bar
    Examinee,respondent.
    Topic: Requirements for application to the Bar
    no filed or pending case of moral turpitude
    FACTS:
    1. The case is one of the consolidated cases in In
    re Lanuevo.
    2. Ramon E. Galang passed the 1971 bar
    examination but his exam papers were subjected
    to unauthorized re-correction and re-evaluation
    by 5 examiners.
    3. An investigation by the NBI revealed
    that Ramon (Roman/Romy) was a
    student of School of Law of MLQU;
    that in Sept 8, 1959, he was charged
    with the crime of slight physical
    injuries(SPI) of another student of the
    same university;
    that in a 1973 hearing, he was
    confronted with this information but
    declared he does not remember being
    charged with the same.
    4. Victim was summoned and narrated the case
    and identified Galang as the very same person
    charged with SPI in that case.
    5. An administrative proceeding was filed for his
    disbarment along with Bar Confidant Lanuevo.
    ISSUE:
    Whether or not Galang must be stricken off in
    the roll of attorneys for concealing his case of
    SPI.
    DECISION: YES
    1. Under Rule 127, Sec 2 every applicant is duty
    bound to lay before the Court all his
    involvement in any criminal case, pending or
    otherwise terminated, to enable the Court to

    fully ascertain or determine applicant's moral


    character.
    2. As to what crime involves moral turpitude, is
    for the Supreme Court to determine. Hence, the
    necessity of laying before or informing the Court
    of one's personal record whether he was
    criminally indicted, acquitted, convicted or the
    case dismissed or is still pending becomes
    more compelling.
    3. In 1963 and 1964, when Galang took the Bar
    for the second and third time, respectively, the
    application form provided by the Court for use
    of applicants already required the applicant to
    declare under oath that "he has not been accused
    of, indicted for or convicted by any court or
    tribunal of any offense involving moral
    turpitude; and that there is no pending case of
    that nature against him."
    4. By 1966, when Galang took the Bar
    examinations for the fourth time, the application
    form prepared by the Court for use of applicants
    required the applicant to reveal all his criminal
    cases whether involving moral turpitude or not.
    Yet, Galang continued to intentionally withhold
    or conceal from the Court his criminal case of
    slight physical injuries which was then and until
    now is pending in the City Court of Manila; and
    thereafter repeatedly omitted to make mention of
    the same in his applications to take the Bar
    examinations in 1967, 1969 and 1971.
    5. That the concealment of an attorney in his
    application to take the Bar examinations of the
    fact that he had been charged with, or indicted
    for, an alleged crime, is a ground for revocation
    of his license to practice law is well settled.
    6. Under the circumstances in which respondent
    Ramon E. Galang, alias Roman E. Galang, was
    allowed to take the Bar examinations and the
    highly irregular manner in which he passed the
    Bar, WE have no other alternative but to order
    the surrender of his attorney's certificate and the
    striking out of his name from the Roll of
    Attorneys.

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