Ferdinand Marcos

Achievements of Ferdinand Marcos:

• On December 13, 1938, Marcos was arrested for Nalundasan’s murder but he successfully petitioned for release on bail, allowing him to complete his law degree from the University of the Philippines.
• In 1939, Marcos was found guilty and sentence to a minimum of 10 years in prison. 
• Jailed, Marcos spent six months writing his own 830-page appeal while reviewing for the Bar Exams at the same time. 
• Marcos posted bail to take the 1939 Bar Exams and passed with scores so high he was suspected of cheating. 
• Legends say that his unofficial Grade was 98.5 and so he was summoned to appear before the Supreme Court en banc for an oral re-examination, after which his official grade was released as 92.35. Marcos is the only Bar candidate who was called by the Supreme Court for an oral re-examinations. 
• In 1940, Marcos orally argued his own case in front of Supreme Court Justice Jose P. Laurel and on October 22, 1940, he was acquitted of the charge of murder and forthwith liberated from imprisonment. Source: Philippine Bar Exams Trivia of Atty. Ralph A. Sarmiento.