Votta v. Commonwealth

The petitioner, John C. Votta, Jr., appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying his petition under G. L. c. 211, § 3. We affirm.

The petition stems from the petitioner’s conviction in the District Court of assault and battery on a public employee. All of the claims made in the petition were or could have been addressed in the petitioner’s direct appeal, see Commonwealth v. Votta, 53 Mass. App. Ct. 1116 (2002), in his appeal from the trial judge’s denial of his second motion for a new trial, see Commonwealth v. Votta, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 1105 (2003), or by other available…