Massachusetts Appeals Court March 10, 2003, No. 00-P-1792 (Commonwealth v. Owen)

Perretta, J.

After we affirmed the defendant’s conviction of indecent assault and battery upon his daughter,1 see Commonwealth v. Owen, 46 Mass. App. Ct. 1121 (1999), he filed a motion for a new trial based upon the claim that he did not *539have competent counsel either at trial or on his direct appeal.