LegProf - Romulo Villa Vs Junel Anthony Ama, et al, BM 674 (June 14, 2005)
Junel Ama, was one of the members of Aquila Legis Fraternity implicated and charged for the death of
“Lenny” Villa. Despite passing the bar in 1992, Junel was not allowed to take his lawyer’s oath. He later
petitioned to be admitted to the Bar when his conviction for homicide through conspiracy was set aside
by the Court of Appeals finding him only liable for physical injuries and sentencing him to 20-days
imprisonment. Supreme Court admitted him into the practice of law reasoning that the crime for which
he was convicted was only slight physical injuries, a light offense which cannot be considered a grave
violation of the moral sentiment of the community or done in the spirit of cruelty, hostility or revenge
– a crime certainly not involving moral turpitude.