A trial judge is not required to direct the jury on causation in a joint assault case where the sole issue at trial was identification and no party raised causation as an issue. An appellant who seeks to raise on appeal a factual issue that was never in dispute at trial faces an extremely difficult burden under r 4 of the Criminal Appeal Rules and must demonstrate a lost real chance of acquittal.
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