IRELAND, C.J.
In 2007, a jury in the Central Division of the Boston Municipal Court Department convicted the defendant of assault and battery of the victim, Christopher Garden. G. L. c. 265, § 13A. He was sentenced to one year's probation. He appealed, arguing that the judge erred in instructing the jury on self-defense. The Appeals Court affirmed, Commonwealth v. King,
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