US v. Anes Subasic, No. 12-4683 (4th Cir. 2014)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 12-4683 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff Appellee, v. ANES SUBASIC, a/k/a Mladen Subasic, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:09-cr-00216-FL-3) Submitted: April 7, 2014 Decided: April 25, 2014 Before WILKINSON, KING, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Eric A. Bach, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Thomas G. Walker, United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker, Kristine L. Fritz, Assistant United States Attorneys, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Federal juries convicted Anes Subasic of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorist groups, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2339A (West Supp. 2013); conspiracy to murder, maim, or kidnap others, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 956(a) (2012); procuring naturalized citizenship by providing false information, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1425(a) (2012); and providing false information on an application for an immigration benefit, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1425(a). The district court sentenced Subasic to a total of 360 months of imprisonment and he now appeals. On Finding no error, we affirm. appeal, Subasic challenges the district court s admission of foreign records of his prior criminal charges and convictions at his immigration trial, arguing that the records were not properly authenticated and that the admission of a record of a conviction obtained in Subasic s absence violated Fed. R. Evid. 403. We review evidentiary district court for abuse of discretion. rulings of the United States v. Caro, 597 F.3d 608, 633 (4th Cir. 2010) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). An abuse of discretion occurs only when the [district] court acted arbitrarily or irrationally in admitting evidence. United States v. Williams, 445 F.3d 724, 732 (4th Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). 2 The proponent of an item of evidence must satisfy the requirement evidence by of authenticating produc[ing] or identifying evidence sufficient that to item of support a finding that the item is what the proponent claims it is. Fed. R. Evid. 901(a); see also United States v. Branch, 970 F.2d 1368, 1370 (4th Cir. 1992). The burden to authenticate under Rule 901 is not high only a prima facie showing is required. United States v. Vidacak, 553 F.3d 344, 349 (4th Cir. 2009) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). public documents, examples of evidence that With regard to satisfy this requirement include evidence that a document was recorded or filed in a public office or a record is from the office where items of its kind are kept. Fed. R. Evid. 901(b)(7). In addition, a district court should exclude relevant evidence when its probative value is substantially outweighed by the potential redundancy. for undue prejudice, confusion, delay or United States v. Queen, 132 F.3d 991, 994 (4th Cir. 1997) (quoting Fed. R. Evid. 403). Prejudice, as used in Rule 403, refers to evidence that has an undue tendency to suggest decision on an improper have thoroughly reviewed the though not Id. (citations omitted). necessarily, an emotional one. basis, We record commonly, and conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the foreign records at Subasic s trial on the immigration charges. 3 Subasic also challenges the district court s order qualifying the Government s witness Evan Kohlmann as an expert in various aspects testimony at conclude that of Subasic s the Islamic trial court extremism for did the not and allowing his terrorism charges. We discretion in abuse its qualifying Kohlmann as an expert and admitting his testimony regarding extremism. See United States v. Hassan, 742 F.3d 104, 131 (4th Cir. 2014) (finding no abuse of discretion in order qualifying Kohlmann as expert and allowing his testimony at the trial of Subasic s codefendants). Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court and deny Subasic s administrative measures. motion for copies of his special We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 4
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