His convictions and sentence having been affirmed on appeal, State v. Roth, No. A-1371-07 (App. Div. October 20, 2009), and the Supreme Court having denied certification, State v. Roth, 201 N.J. 273 (2010), defendant filed a petition for post-conviction relief (PCR) in April 2010 and amended it in January 2011. Defendant's petition was denied by Judge Edward J. McBride, Jr., who delivered an opinion from the bench on March 4, 2011, and supplemented it in a comprehensive written opinion dated March 14, 2011.