People v. Prado

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of unlawfully possessing heroin. Two prior felony convictions were found to be true and defendant was sentenced to state prison.

Jury trial was waived and by stipulation the matter was submitted upon the transcript of the preliminary hearing. Appellant did not testify.

Appellant, filing his brief in propria persona, states that his “primary ground of contention is that the failure and ineffectiveness of his counsel in the courts below was so great as to amount to a lack of representation by counsel.” He points, first, to the fact that defense…