What is the test for abuse of jury instructions?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Go-Video, Inc. v. Motion Picture Ass'n of America, 977 F.2d 588 (9th Cir. 1992):
Jury instructions are considered as a whole. We review challenges to the formulation adopted by the trial judge for an abuse of discretion. United States v. Beltran-Rios, 878 F.2d 1208, 1214 (9th Cir.1989).
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