043726P.pdf   11/14/2005  USA  v.  Muhammad Anwar
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-3726
   Northern District of Iowa   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Bye and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal Case - conviction. Sufficient evidence was presented to support
   conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and aiding and abetting the
   commission of marriage fraud based on defendant's solicitation of several
   women to enter into green card marriages with Pakistani men for the
   purpose of helping the men remain in the United States. The district
   court did not abuse its discretion in denying a new trial based on the
   weight of the evidence, in admitting evidence of his personal
   relationships, and in admitting evidence under Rule 404(b) of his prior
   solicitation of other women to marry foreign nationals and in not giving a
   limiting instruction. The district court did not abuse its discretion in
   denying a motion for mistrial based on prosecutorial misconduct, as there
   was no Brady or Jenck Act violation, any failure to disclose witness
   immunity was harmless, and defendant was not prevented from calling a
   witness on his behalf. The court did not abuse its discretion in refusing 
   to give defendant's preferred response to the jury's question and in denying
   transcripts without defendant being present. Any cummulative effect of
   trial errors did not warrant a new trial.