Court Opinion

ID: 4707589
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Date Created: 2021-07-29 17:04:35.472185+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:06:45.058180
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NOTICE: NOT FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL
                 AND MAY BE CITED ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE.

                                    IN THE
             ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS
                                DIVISION ONE

                     STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent,

                                        v.

                       JOSE F. MERCADO, Petitioner.

                         No. 1 CA-CR 20-0621 PRPC
                              FILED 7-29-2021

    Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Maricopa County
                           No. CR1996-002154
                 The Honorable Roy C. Whitehead, Judge

                  REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED

                                   COUNSEL

The Nolan Law Firm, Mesa
By Todd E. Nolan, Vicki A. R. Lopez
Counsel for Petitioner

                       MEMORANDUM DECISION

Presiding Judge David B. Gass, Judge Michael J. Brown, and Judge David
D. Weinzweig delivered the decision of the Court.
                            STATE v. MERCADO
                            Decision of the Court

PER CURIAM:

¶1            Petitioner Jose F. Mercado seeks review of the superior court’s
order denying his petition for post-conviction relief. This is petitioner’s
third petition.

¶2             Absent an abuse of discretion or error of law, this court will
not disturb a superior court’s ruling on a petition for post-conviction relief.
State v. Gutierrez, 229 Ariz. 573, 577, ¶ 19, 278 P.3d 1276, 1280 (2012). It is
petitioner’s burden to show that the superior court abused its discretion by
denying the petition for post-conviction relief. See State v. Poblete, 227 Ariz.
537, ¶ 1, 260 P.3d 1102, 1103 (App. 2011) (petitioner has burden of
establishing abuse of discretion on review).

¶3            We have reviewed the record in this matter, the superior
court’s order denying the petition for post-conviction relief, and the petition
for review. We find that petitioner has not established an abuse of
discretion.

¶4            We grant review and deny relief.

                           AMY M. WOOD • Clerk of the Court
                           FILED: AA

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