Facts: Adelino Ledesma, a counsel de parte for one of the parties in a case pending before the sala of Judge Rafael Climaco, filed a motion to withdraw as counsel de parte in light of his appointment as an election registrar. Judge Climaco, instead of granting his withdrawal, appointed him as counsel de oficio of the two defendants in the criminal case. Ledesma then filed a motion to withdraw as counsel de oficio but it was denied,. Hence, he instituted this petition for certiorari. Issue: Whether or not the respondent Judge acted with grave abuse of discretion in denying the petitioner's withdrawal as counsel Held: No. Membership in the Bar carries with it a responsibility to live up to its exacting standards. Law is a profession and not a trade or craft.Those enrolled in its ranks aid the courts in the administration of justice. As such, an attorney may be called or appointed as counsel de oficio to aid indigents for the realization of their constitutional right to counsel e...