In a racketeering conspiracy case involving convictions for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon in Aid of Racketeering and Use of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence based on violations of Michigan law, should the Petitioner have been permitted to a common law self defense jury instruction where at Michigan common law, being in commission of a crime at the time of the defense does not necessarily bar a self defense argument as one may only be held legally accountable as an aggressor for responsive conduct by another that is reasonably attributable to the individual's own conduct?

Whether the Petitioner should have been permitted a common law self-defense jury instruction in a racketeering conspiracy case involving convictions for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon in Aid of Racketeering and Use of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence based on violations of Michigan law