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Filthy White Muter Fuker murder his brother-in-law, by gunning him down

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OREM -- An Orem man accused of gunning down his brother-in-law was
formally charged Friday with first-degree murder. Stephen Strate
posted a $1 million bail since his last court appearance and walked
into the courtroom a free man.

Strate appeared to be ready to fight the charges with a high-profile
attorney and an argument that he acted in self-defense.

Strate, 54, called 911 on Sunday, Oct. 25 and told Orem police
dispatchers he had shot his brother-in-law, 51-year-old Marvin
Sidwell.

He came after me with a damn chair," Strate told the dispatcher.

"He came after you with a chair?" the dispatcher asked.

"Yeah," Strate said

"And so you shot him six or seven times?" the dispatcher said.

"Yeah," Strate said.

Strate told the dispatcher he shot Sidwell and left the body while he
went upstairs to call dispatch.

Strate's attorney Ron Yengich said a jury will ultimately have to
decide if he acted in self-defense.


The shooting took place around 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25 near 430
South and 360 West in Orem.
He said, "I think that is exactly what it's about, and I think that is
what the evidence is going to ultimately show, but we'll leave that up
to a trier of fact, but certainly that's, as we have looked at it at
this point, we think there was a clear issue of self-defense here."

Yengich told the judge the bail for Strate was too high. The judge set
a bail hearing during which Yengich will argue to have it lowered.
Strate surprised prosecutors when shortly after his arrest he made his
$1 million cash-only bail with a cashier's check.

"They've had to collect that money from friends and family to post
that amount of money, and I think it's simply too high," said Yengich.
"There were a lot of people who wanted him out as opposed to waiting
for a bail hearing to get it reduced and get him out."

It turns out family members and friends, who were at the hearing,
helped contribute to get him released.


Strate's attorney Ron Yengich said a jury will ultimately have to
decide if Strate acted in self-defense.
Yengich said, "He is well liked in the community and as was indicated
by the number of people who just showed up, we didn't ask anyone to
come, family came, we knew this would be quick, a lot of people just
came to show their support for him."

Strate was hoping the bail would be reduced so he could get some of
the money back to those who collected it.

Prosecutor Craig Johnson said prosecutors will fight any attempt to
have the bail lowered. They also said they have concerns now that
Strate is out of custody.

"It's the ultimate public safety hazard to have him out, and a million
dollars, we thought, was enough to keep him in," said Johnson. "If he
were to not appear, a million dollars is a fair price for him to be
out."

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