Is a federal district court's "formulation of the instructions and choice of language" for abuse of discretion for the purposes of determining jury instructions?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Anshen, 993 F.2d 884 (9th Cir. 1993):
We review the district court's "formulation of the instructions and choice of language" for an abuse of discretion. Streit. 962 F.2d at 898. In general, the district court has "broad discretion in formulating the precise language of jury instructions," and a defendant "is not entitled to any particular form of an instruction so long as the instructions given fairly and adequately cover the defendant's theory of the case." United States v. Solomon, 825 F.2d 1292, 1295 (9th Cir.1987).
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