The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Sommerstedt, 752 F.2d 1494 (9th Cir. 1985):
We review a district court's denial of a motion for mistrial for abuse of discretion, United States v. Hodges, 566 F.2d 674, 676 (9th Cir.1977) (per curiam), and find that the district court correctly denied the motion for two reasons.
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