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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  UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL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, Appellee,

                                         v.

                        JERMAINE A. HALL, Appellant.

                              No. 1 CA-CR 23-0136
                                FILED 4-16-2024

            Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County
                         No. CR2020-000396-001
                 The Honorable Jennifer E. Green, Judge

                                   AFFIRMED

                                    COUNSEL

Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office, Phoenix
By Robert W. Doyle
Counsel for Appellee

Jermaine A. Hall, San Luis
Appellant

                        MEMORANDUM DECISION

Judge Jennifer M. Perkins delivered the decision of the Court, in which
Presiding Judge Andrew M. Jacobs and Judge David D. Weinzweig joined.
                             STATE v. HALL
                           Decision of the Court

P E R K I N S, Judge:

¶1             Jermaine Hall timely appealed in accordance with Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Leon, 104 Ariz. 297 (1969),
following his convictions for possession of a dangerous drug and
possession of drug paraphernalia. Hall had the opportunity to file a
supplemental brief but did not do so. Hall’s counsel searched the record
and found no arguable question of law that is not frivolous. See Anders, 386
U.S. at 744; State v. Melendez, 256 Ariz. 14, 19, ¶ 1 (App. 2023).

¶2            We must “review the entire record for reversible error,
viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to sustaining the
convictions and resolving all reasonable inferences against [Hall].”
Melendez, 256 Ariz. at 19, ¶ 1 (cleaned up). Having reviewed the record, we
find no reversible error and affirm.

                FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶3            In June 2020, Hall was arrested in a lawful traffic stop. In a
search incident to the arrest, police found a glass pipe in Hall’s left cargo
pant pocket. The pipe had a burned end and contained a melted white
crystalline substance. Crime lab testing subsequently determined the
substance was 135 milligrams of methamphetamine.

¶4           The state charged Hall with possession of a dangerous drug
and possession of drug paraphernalia. At trial, the state offered testimony
from the responding officers and the crime lab forensic scientist who tested
the methamphetamine.

¶5           After the state rested, Hall moved for a directed verdict,
which the court denied. Hall then rested. The jury found Hall guilty on both
counts.

¶6           At sentencing, Hall stipulated to one prior felony conviction.
The court found the aggravating and mitigating factors balanced each other
and sentenced Hall to concurrent prison terms of 4.5 years for possession
of a dangerous drug and 1.75 years for possession of drug paraphernalia.
The court awarded him 72 days presentence incarceration credit.

                              DISCUSSION

¶7           The record reflects that all proceedings were conducted in
compliance with the Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure. See State v.
Gomez, 27 Ariz. App. 248, 251 (1976) (citing Ariz. R. Crim. P. 1.2). Hall was

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                             STATE v. HALL
                           Decision of the Court

present for all critical proceedings and was represented by counsel at all
stages of the proceedings. The record reveals sufficient evidence from
which the jury could determine, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Hall was
guilty of possession of a dangerous drug and possession of drug
paraphernalia. At sentencing, Hall had an opportunity to speak. The court
stated on the record the evidence and materials it considered and the factors
it found in imposing the sentence. See Ariz. R. Crim. P. 26.10. The superior
court imposed sentences within the statutory limits. See A.R.S. §§ 13-701 to
-709.

                              CONCLUSION

¶8            We have reviewed the entire record for arguable issues of law
and find none. We therefore affirm Hall’s convictions and resulting
sentences. See Leon, 104 Ariz. at 300–01.

¶9             Defense counsel’s obligations pertaining to Hall’s
representation in this appeal have ended. Counsel need do no more than
inform Hall of the outcome of this appeal and his future options, unless,
upon review, counsel finds “an issue appropriate for submission” to the
Arizona Supreme Court by petition for review. See State v. Shattuck, 140
Ariz. 582, 584–85 (1984). On the court’s own motion, Hall has thirty days
from the date of this decision to proceed, if he wishes, with a pro per motion
for reconsideration. Hall also has thirty days from the date of this decision
to proceed, if he wishes, with a pro per petition for review.

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

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