Court Opinion

ID: 5000468
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Date Created: 2021-09-30 17:04:16.063748+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:02:00.090209
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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  UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL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 LUIS CASTELLANOS-GARCIA, Petitioner.

                          No. 1 CA-CR 21-0205 PRPC
                               FILED 9-30-2021

     Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Maricopa County
                            No. CR2000-011803
                The Honorable Christopher Whitten, Judge

               REVIEW GRANTED AND RELIEF DENIED

                                APPEARANCES

Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Phoenix
By Faith Cheree Klepper
Counsel for Respondent

Jose Luis Castellanos-Garcia, Florence
Petitioner
                    STATE v. CASTELLANOS-GARCIA
                          Decision of the Court

                       MEMORANDUM DECISION

Presiding Judge Randall M. Howe, Judge Brian Y. Furuya, and Judge
Michael J. Brown delivered the decision of the Court.

PER CURIAM:

¶1           Petitioner Jose Luis Castellanos-Garcia seeks review of the
superior court’s order denying his petition for post-conviction relief, filed
pursuant to Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.1. This is petitioner’s
second successive 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 (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, 538 ¶ 1 (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, the petition for
review, and the response. We find that petitioner has not established an
abuse of discretion.

¶4            For the foregoing reasons, we grant review and deny relief.

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

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