TAURO, C.J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree and appeals pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. He assigns as error (1) the trial judge's failure to direct a verdict on so much of the indictment as charged murder, (2) the judge's refusal to grant a new trial, and (3) the instructions to the jury on malice and self-defense. We find no error and affirm the judgment below.
The evidence at the trial was contradictory, with the...
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