IRELAND, J.
We transferred this case to this court on our own motion to decide whether the word "dwelling" in the "castle law" statute, G. L. c. 278, § 8A, should be extended to encompass an open porch and outside stairs of a house. In his appeal from his convictions in 2002, of two counts of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, the defendant argues that, in addition to his claim that the trial judge erred in denying his request for a castle law...
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