Enrolls in Liberal Arts course, University of the Philippines. Assemblyman Julio Nalundasan, newly declared winner from Ilocos Norte and political rival of ex-Representative Mariano Marcos, is shot dead while brushing his teeth in front of his dining room window. Suspicion falls on the Marcoses. Arrested on a charge of conspiracy in the murder of Julio Nalundasan. Reviews for the bar examination in prison.
Posts bail in order to take the bar exam.
Emerges bar topnotcher. Summoned by university dean on suspicion of cheating in the bar exam, withstands the interrogation, and justifies his high scores. Within the year, Judge Roman Cruz of the Laoag Provincial Court finds Marcos guilty of murder and sentences him to imprisonment. Appeals his own case and defends himself before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, under Justice Jose P. Laurel, having found the prosecution's case contradictory, grants Marcos an acquittal.