Opinion ID: 742440
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Heading: Refusal to Repeat Instruction

Text: 10 We review a district court's formulation of jury instructions for abuse of discretion. United States v. Chastain, 84 F.3d 321, 323 (9th Cir.1996). We also review the district court's decision to give an instruction before or after the arguments are completed or at both times for an abuse of discretion. See Fed.R.Crim.P. 30. The cooperating witness instruction given at the beginning of trial sufficiently and correctly instructed the jury as to how they should judge the credibility of a cooperating witness. See United States v. Hernandez-Escarsega, 886 F.2d 1560, 1576 (9th Cir.1989); United States v. Tousant, 619 F.2d 810, 812 (9th Cir.1980). Because the jury was adequately informed of the credibility issues surrounding government informants, the district court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to repeat the instruction at the end of trial. AFFIRMED 11