The following excerpt is from United States v. Banki, Docket No. 10-3381-cr (2nd Cir. 2012):
While a defendant is entitled to any legally accurate jury instruction for which there is a foundation in the evidence, he does not have a right to dictate the precise language of the instruction. United States v. Han, 230 F.3d 560, 565 (2d Cir. 2000); United States v. Russo, 74 F.3d 1383, 1393 (2d Cir. 1996). "If the substance of a defendant's request is given by the court in its own language, the defendant has no cause to complain." Han, 230 F.3d at 565 (internal quotation marks omitted).
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