United Statees v. Chahla, No. 13-12717 (11th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendants, three brothers, appealed their convictions for conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States and to defraud the United States, and unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization - all based on marriage fraud. The court concluded that the evidence was sufficient to convict defendants on all counts; the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to give defendants' three injury instructions, which they describe as "theory of defense" instructions, because defendants did not present weak, insufficient, or inconsistent evidence of a conspiracy solely with a government agent, entrapment or a perjury trap to support their requested instructions; and the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendants' motion for a mistrial based on the testimony of a government witness because the government used her testimony to elicit evidence of false statements and facts tending to show marriage fraud. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
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