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Discipline

May 19, 2001

Lawyer Faces Fraud Trial Despite Appeal

RIVERSIDE - The 4th District Court of Appeal has denied a request to order dismissal of criminal charges against Glendora lawyer John Franklyn Watkins, who faces 19 felony counts including charity fraud and obstruction of justice.

        RIVERSIDE - The 4th District Court of Appeal has denied a request to order dismissal of criminal charges against Glendora lawyer John Franklyn Watkins, who faces 19 felony counts including charity fraud and obstruction of justice.
        The panel's denial of Watkins' petition for writ of mandate clears the way for prosecutors to try the 60-year-old lawyer on charges that he helped f...

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