Commonwealth v. King

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 *195prosecutor’s closing argument, created a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice. The defendant also claims that trial counsel was ineffective for not objecting to the prosecutor’s closing argument. We affirm.

1. Background, a. The Commonwealth’s case. On the evening of October 23, 2006, Christopher Garden, the victim, had been bowling at King’s, a…