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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
His attorneys, led by Ron Yengich, argued that DeChristopher, 27, acted out of necessity to prevent illegal government action, making a "choice of evils" on a December day last year when he placed bids on and won 14 parcels of land totaling $1.7 million that he never intended to buy. He was later indicted for providing a false statement and violating the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform...
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Stephen E. Strate, 54, of Orem, makes his first appearance in Fourth District Court before Judge Steven Hansen. His attorney, Ron Yengich, leaves the court with him. (Scott G Winterton / Pool photo)An Orem businessman charged with first-degree felony murder in the fatal shooting of his brother-in-law has asked a judge to lower his bail. Stephen E. Strate was released Tuesday from jail after...
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... to refuse and that discovery of her blood-alcohol level was inevitable. But defense attorney Ron Yengich said Tripp refused five times to allow her blood to be taken. Rather than get a search warrant, the police put her into a patrol car and kept pressuring her, he said. "They were not going to take 'no' for an answer," Yengich said. After 2½ hours, the technician took the blood without...
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... them to drop the most serious charge of smuggling goods from the United States. Defense attorney Ron Yengich told U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart that Corleto was selling firearms to make money and did not believe they would end up with criminals. Yengich pointed out that his client registered the weapons, something a person intending to commit a crime generally would not do. Corleto,...
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Tim DeChristopher is making a last-ditch attempt to testify that he disrupted an oil and gas lease sale because he saw no other way to stop a corrupt federal auction that would do lasting harm to the environment.
