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(Heber-AP) -- Fourth District Judge Donald Eyre will wait two weeks before deciding if Mazhar Tabesh must stand trial for a fire at his Alpine Lodge last July.
Tabesh is charged with a first-degree felony for aggravated arson in connection with a fire at the Heber City motel the night of July 21st.
Tabesh, a Pakistani Muslim, claims the fire is a hate crime and that his arrest -- on September eleventh, 2002 -- was motivated by racism.
At a preliminary hearing Wednesday, defense attorney Ron Yengich said there is not enough evidence against Tabesh to try him for the arson that caused 100 thousand dollars in damage.
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