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Law Student by attorney.eunicelopez is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Supreme Court of the Philippines granted a petition allowing Ferdinand A. Cruz, a law student, to appear as a private prosecutor in a criminal case despite previous denials by lower courts. The Court clarified that under Section 34 of Rule 138, a non-lawyer, including a law student, may represent a party in inferior courts without the supervision of a licensed attorney. The ruling emphasized that the civil aspect of the crime of Grave Threats is deemed instituted with the criminal action, thus permittin
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