Background
Cuevas was born on 25 June 1928 in Bacoor, Cavite.
Cuevas was born on 25 June 1928 in Bacoor, Cavite.
He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines in 1952 and passed the bar examination the same year.
He went to Las Piñas Elementary School for his elementary education and to the University of Manila for his secondary education. Cuevas started his career as a professorial lecturer at the College of Law of the University of the Philippines 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 Renato Corona. Justice Cuevas died on 9 February 2014 due to liver cancer.
He was 85.