212286P.pdf   08/30/2022  United States  v.  Muzammil Ali
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  21-2286
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Central   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Colloton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. The district court did not 
   abuse its discretion by denying defendant's last-minute request for a 
   trial continuance as defendant had adequate time to prepare for trial and 
   he and his attorney acknowledged they were ready for trial; defendant's 
   Sixth Amendment speedy trial rights had not been violated; the district 
   court did not abuse its discretion in admitting excerpts of defendant's 
   jail house calls, where the court found the remainder of the recordings 
   contained statements that were hearsay, unfairly prejudicial, irrelevant, 
   or potentially confusing; the district court did not abuse its discretion 
   by rejecting defendant's request for a downward variance.