The federal trial of former City Councilman John "Duke" Franklin Jr. and nine other codefendants will be October 15, a federal magistrate judge ruled. Mr. Franklin and the others appeared in federal court to plead not guilty to a superseding indictment that named an additional person as having furthered the cause of an alleged local cocaine ring.
Mr. Franklin is accused of money laundering, obstructing justice and lying to federal agents.
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