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COMMONWEALTH v. KING

No. 09-P-318.

77 Mass. App. Ct. 194 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. CHRISTOPHER ROBERT KING.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 6, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Karczewska Ohren for the defendant.

Elisabeth Kosterlitz, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: CYPHER, DREBEN, & MEADE, JJ.

MEADE, J.

After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of assault and battery in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 13A, and was sentenced to one year of supervised probation. On appeal he claims that the judge's jury instruction on self-defense, and the prosecutor's closing argument, created a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice. The defendant also claims that trial counsel was ineffective for not objecting...

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