Serafin Romero Cuevas (June 25, 1928 – February 9, 2014) was a

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lawyer and an

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of the Supreme Court of the Philippines appointed during the government of Ferdinand Marcos.

Early life and education

Cuevas was born on June 25, 1928 in Bacoor, Cavite. He went to Las Piñas Elementary School for his elementary education and to the University of Manila for his secondary education. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines in 1952 and passed the bar examination the same year.

Career

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

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and at the Institute of Law of the Far Eastern University. 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 impeachment 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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