In what circumstances will the US Supreme Court review the language and formulation of a jury instruction for abuse of discretion?
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The following excerpt is from United States v. Garcia, 768 F.3d 822 (9th Cir. 2014):
We review the language and formulation of a jury instruction for an abuse of discretion. However, when jury instructions are challenged as misstatements of law, we review them de novo. United States v. Cortes, 757 F.3d 850, 857 (9th Cir.2014), as amended (citations, alteration, and internal quotation marks omitted).
[768 F.3d 828]
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