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Associated Press - March 9, 2010 9:05 AM ET
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A Charleston lawyer accused of beating a client with a baseball bat is facing an April trial.
Joshua Robinson pleaded not guilty to embezzlement, obstructing justice and malicious wounding Monday. Robinson, who had not obtained an attorney, denied the charges.
Kanawha County Circuit Judge Duke Bloom scheduled trial for April 19.
Robinson is accused of stealing more than $1,000 from a client, then attacking the client with a baseball bat during a confrontation over the money.
The client, David Lee Gump II, originally was charged with breaking into Robinson's house. The case was dropped after a magistrate found no probable cause to support them.
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