Maria Antonia Speiser and defendant Leonard John Ross II engaged in a hostile verbal exchange, at the culmination of which she slapped him. Defendant responded with a blow that fractured her cheekbone. We are called upon to consider whether the participants were engaged in "mutual combat" for purposes of the law of self-defense. Defendant was convicted of aggravated assault and battery after the trial...
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