The Region - News from Aug. 23, 1987
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The state Supreme Court in San Francisco, acting in a widely noted case, has refused to hear the appeal of a Costa Mesa dentist convicted of murder in the deaths of three patients from the misuse of anesthesia at his clinic. Dr. Tony Protopappas was found guilty in 1984 of three counts of second-degree murder in what was believed to be the first murder conviction of a dentist in the United States for the death of a patient. Protopappas, 41, now is in Soledad state prison serving a 15-year term.
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