Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-01-25 16:02:49.265267+00
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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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL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.

                DENNIS ALLEN WHITEHEAD, Petitioner.

                         No. 1 CA-CR 23-0127 PRPC
                              FILED 1-25-2024

    Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Maricopa County
                         No. CR2005-105680-001
              The Honorable Jennifer C. Ryan-Touhill, Judge

                  REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED

                               APPEARANCES

Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Phoenix
By Philip D. Garrow
Counsel for Respondent

Dennis Allen Whitehead, Florence
Petitioner
                          STATE v. WHITEHEAD
                           Decision of the Court

                       MEMORANDUM DECISION

Presiding Judge Michael J. Brown, Judge Andrew M. Jacobs, and Judge
Angela K. Paton delivered the decision of the Court.

PER CURIAM:

¶1             Petitioner Dennis Allen Whitehead seeks review of the
superior court’s order denying his petition for post-conviction relief. This
is his fourth 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, 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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