Serafin R. Cuevas (June 25, 1928 – February 9, 2014) was a Filipino

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and an

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of the

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appointed during the government of

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Early life and education

Cuevas was born on June 25, 1928, in Bacoor, Cavite. He went to

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Elementary School for his elementary education and to the University of Manila for his tertiary education. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the

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in 1952 and passed the bar examination the same year. He was a member of the Sigma Rho legal fraternity.

Career

Cuevas started his career as a professorial lecturer at the College of Law of the

and at the Institute of Law of the

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. Afterwards, he became an Assistant Fiscal of the City of Manila and then a Judge to the Court of First Instance. Before his appointment as an associate justice to the Supreme Court of the Philippines on May 31, 1984, he was an associate justice of the Intermediate Appellate Court. In 2012, Justice Cuevas was the lead counsel of the defense panel against the

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of former Supreme Court Chief Justice

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Death

Justice Cuevas died on February 9, 2014. He was 85 years old.

References

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