State : Lewis to Be Tried in Reagan Forgery

SACRAMENTO — A Superior Court judge today ordered Republican Assemblyman John R. Lewis of Orange to stand trial Sept. 25 on charges of forging former President Ronald Reagan’s name on campaign endorsement letters mailed to California voters in 1986.

Lewis, who was indicted Feb. 6 by the Sacramento County Grand Jury, waived his right to a preliminary examination before trial. His attorney, Clyde M. Blackmon, said Lewis decided to proceed directly to trial because the “prospects were not good” of a judge’s dismissing the case at a preliminary hearing.