Commonwealth v. St. Pierre

The defendant, Michael M. St. Pierre, Jr., appeals from his conviction of assault and battery on a household member in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 13M (a ). He claims error in (1) the denial of his request for a self-defense instruction, (2) improper in-court identification of the defendant, and (3) improper closing argument by the prosecutor. We affirm.

1. Self-defense instruction. The defendant asserts that he was entitled to a jury instruction on self-defense, and that the trial judge committed prejudicial error by not instructing the jury accordingly. Because the defendant timely…