Commonwealth v. Cepulonis

After two plenary appellate proceedings (Commonwealth v. Cepulonis, 374 Mass. 487 [1978]1 and Cepulonis v. Commonwealth, 384 Mass. 495 *920[1981]2) and habeas corpus proceedings in the Federal courts,3 we are able to say with particular assurance that the issues which Cepulonis seeks to raise on this appeal need not be considered by us because they could have been raised in the prior proceedings. Commonwealth v. McLaughlin, 364 Mass. 211, 229(1973). Commonwealth v. Pisa, 384 Mass. 362, 366(1981). Compare Commonwealth v. Buckley, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 373, 374 (1984). None of the matters now raised…