Does a "good faith" "puffing" instruction adequately instruct the jury about the gist of a puffing defense?

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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Amlani, 111 F.3d 705 (9th Cir. 1997):

Nonetheless, the district court did not err in refusing to give the instruction. We have previously found that a "good faith" instruction similar to the one given in this case adequately instructed the jury about "the gist of a 'puffing' defense." United States v. Gay, 967 F.2d 322, 329 (9th Cir.1992) (holding that the sufficiency of the original instruction and the deficiency of the defendant's proposed supplemental instruction were independent bases to reject the defendant's proposed instruction). The district court was not required to do more.

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