FIRST DIVISION
[A.C. No. 9029. January 12, 2015.]
SHARON FLORES-CONCEPCION, petitioner,vs. ATTY. ARNALDO P. DIZON and PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR ALADIN C. BERMUDEZ, JR., respondents.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, First Division, issued a Resolution datedJanuary 12, 2015which reads as follows:
"A.C. No. 9029 [formerly CBD Case No. 12-3404] (Sharon Flores-Concepcion v. Atty. Arnaldo P. Dizon and Provincial Prosecutor Aladin C. Bermudez, Jr.). — The petition for review dated September 30, 2014 (with enclosures) of respondent Provincial Prosecutor Aladin Bermudez, Jr., praying that the instant disbarment complaint be dismissed for lack of evidence is NOTED.
The Court RESOLVES to ADOPT and APPROVE the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in the attached Resolution 1 dated June 22, 2013. Accordingly, the Court finds respondents Atty. Arnaldo P. Dizon and Provincial Prosecutor Aladin C. Bermudez, Jr. GUILTY of violating Canon 7 and Canon 10, Rules 10.1 and 10.2 of the Code of Professional Responsibility and are thus meted with the penalty of SUSPENSION from the practice of law for a period of six (6) months, with a STERN WARNING that a repetition of the same shall be dealt with more severely. 2
SO ORDERED."
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) EDGAR O. ARICHETADivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo (Vol. I), pp. 368-369. Signed by National Secretary Nasser A. Marohomsalic.
2. See Sonic Steel Industries, Inc. v. Chua, A.C. No. 6942, July 17, 2013, 701 SCRA 340.