Not in my lifetime did I dream that lead counsel Justice Serafin Cuevas could be this simpleton to commit the blunder of a neophyte trial lawyer — calling a witness he did not prep and ask her questions the answers of which he had not expected. Or perhaps, the veteran lawyer and jurist was misled by his…
In 2007, after the Supreme Court invented the concept of ‘technical extortion’ ( sounds like ‘constructive resignation’ the court also invented in the case of Erap) and had suspended me from the practice of law for one year because of it, (though I was no longer practising law 5 years before that because I was already in…
I volunteered my legal services to the prosecution team but I was spurned. Or my offer has not reached its recipient. Either way, this would not prevent me from kibitzing in this historic trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona for betraying a public trust, among others. I watched the trial on TV and video copied the…
I was already worried when Senator Miriam Santiago joined for the first time the impeachment court on January 25, but her outburst yesterday in the Senate confirms my apprehension that the lady senator is mentally challenged. She is an embarrassment to the International Criminal Court which sits her as one of the jurists of that…
It was not only Atty. Enriqueta Vidal, En Banc Clerk of Court of the Supreme Court who experienced great discomfort in trying to protect Chief Justice Renato Corona while testifying on January 18, before the Senate. The defense team also keeps turning and twirling to control the damage occasioned by the release of the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth…
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