Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2018-09-25 17:01:55.185944+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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL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.

                   MICHAEL JOE VALLEJOS, Petitioner.

                         No. 1 CA-CR 18-0445 PRPC
                              FILED 9-25-2018

    Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Coconino County
                         No. S0300CR201400637
                  The Honorable Dan R. Slayton, Judge

                  REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED

                                   COUNSEL

Coconino County Attorney’s Office, Flagstaff
By Ammon David Barker
Counsel for Respondent

Gonzalez & Smith P.C., Chandler
By Alex D. Gonzalez
Counsel for Petitioner
                            STATE v. VALLEJOS
                            Decision of the Court

                      MEMORANDUM DECISION

Presiding Judge Kenton D. Jones, Vice Chief Judge Peter B. Swann, and
Judge David D. Weinzweig delivered the decision of the Court.

P E R C U R I A M:

¶1           Michael Vallejos seeks review of the superior court’s order
dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief, filed pursuant to Arizona
Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.1. This is the petitioner’s first 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, 576-77, ¶ 19 (2012). It is the petitioner’s
burden to show that the superior court abused its discretion in denying the
petition. See State v. Poblete, 227 Ariz. 537, 538, ¶ 1 (App. 2011).

¶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 the petitioner has not shown any abuse of
discretion.

¶4            Accordingly, we grant review and deny relief.

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

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