D. Frank Wilkins (April 25, 1924 – January 2, 2006)[1] was a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 1976 to 1980.
[2] In 1961, Wilkins was elected chair of the Utah Democratic Party.
[3] In 1967, Governor Cal Rampton appointed Wilkins as a 3rd District Court Judge, where he served until 1974.
[3] One notable decision Wilkins wrote while on the supreme court upheld the death sentence of Pierre Selby, one of the convicted 'Hi-Fi' murderers.
[2] In his private practice he was one of the defense lawyers in the murder trial of avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin.