(July 12, 2019, 1:40 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A California appeals panel on July 11 upheld a chiropractor’s conviction and sentence for conspiracy to commit insurance fraud for his role in a scheme that involved the submission of fraudulent bills for workers’ compensation benefits that were prepared pursuant to a predetermined protocol that included incorrect coding for treatments that were not rendered or medically necessary (People v. Dolphus Dwayne Pierce II, No. F074602, Calif. App., 5th Dist., 2019 Calif. Unpub. LEXIS 4639)....