KASS, J.
Robert Hakkila appeals his conviction of assault and battery on the grounds that the trial judge erred in (1) failing to instruct the jury on self-defense; (2) failing immediately to order the jury to stop deliberating after they submitted questions; (3) accepting the jury's verdict before their questions were addressed; and (4) denying the defendant's motion for a new trial.
These are the relevant facts. Trial of the defendant in the
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