Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2016-03-24 15:01:53.512223+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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL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, Appellee,

                                        v.

                  DARYL LAMONE MCGHEE, Appellant.

                             No. 1 CA-CR 15-0212
                                 FILED 3-24-16

           Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County
                        No. CR2014-145685-002
            The Honorable Justin Beresky, Judge Pro Tempore

                                  AFFIRMED

                                   COUNSEL

Arizona Attorney General's Office, Phoenix
By Joseph T. Maziarz
Counsel for Appellee

Maricopa County Public Defender's Office, Phoenix
By Tennie B. Martin
Counsel for Appellant
                             STATE v. McGHEE
                            Decision of the Court

                       MEMORANDUM DECISION

Presiding Judge Diane M. Johnsen delivered the decision of the Court, in
which Judge Patricia A. Orozco and Judge Kenton D. Jones joined.

J O H N S E N, Judge:

¶1             This appeal was timely filed in accordance with Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Leon, 104 Ariz. 297 (1969),
following Daryl Lamone McGhee's reinstatement on intensive probation.
McGhee's counsel has searched the record and found no arguable question
of law that is not frivolous. See Smith v. Robbins, 528 U.S. 259 (2000); Anders,
386 U.S. 738; State v. Clark, 196 Ariz. 530 (App. 1999). McGhee was given
the opportunity to file a supplemental brief but did not do so. Counsel now
asks this court to search the record for fundamental error. After reviewing
the entire record, we affirm McGhee's reinstatement on intensive probation.

                 FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2             In September 2014, McGhee pled guilty to aggravated assault,
a Class 3 felony.1 The superior court suspended imposition of sentence and
placed McGhee on probation for four years from October 27, 2014. In
January 2015, McGhee's probation officer filed a petition to revoke
probation, alleging McGhee absconded and failed to report. After a
hearing, the court extended McGhee's probation by 11 days. Less than two
weeks later, McGhee's probation officer filed a second petition to revoke,
alleging McGhee threatened a detention officer. Following another
hearing, the court found McGhee had violated his probation and reinstated
him on four years' intensive probation, to expire November 7, 2018.

1      Upon review, we view the facts in the light most favorable to
sustaining the judgment and resolve all inferences against McGhee. State
v. Fontes, 195 Ariz. 229, 230, ¶ 2 (App. 1998).

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                             STATE v. McGHEE
                            Decision of the Court

¶3             McGhee timely appealed. We have jurisdiction pursuant to
Article 6, Section 9, of the Arizona Constitution, and Arizona Revised
Statutes sections 12-120.21(A)(1) (2016), 13-4031 (2016) and -4033 (2016).2

                               DISCUSSION

¶4             McGhee was present and represented by counsel at all critical
stages of the revocation proceeding. See State v. Jackson, 16 Ariz. App. 476,
478 (1972). The record reflects the superior court afforded McGhee his
rights under the federal and state constitutions and Arizona statutes, and
the revocation proceedings were conducted in accordance with the Arizona
Rules of Criminal Procedure.

¶5            Pursuant to Rule 27.8(b)(3), the State must prove a probation
violation by a preponderance of the evidence. The court's determination
that a defendant violated a probation term will not be reversed unless the
determination is unsupported by any theory of the evidence. State v. Tatlow,
231 Ariz. 34, 39, ¶ 15 (App. 2012). The court found the State proved by a
preponderance of the evidence that McGhee violated probation by
threatening a detention officer. Sufficient evidence supports the superior
court's determination that McGhee violated probation. A detention officer
testified he heard McGhee tell another officer, "I'm going to kill you, you
and your family[.]" Before sentencing McGhee, the court provided him an
opportunity to speak. Thereafter, it reinstated McGhee on intensive
probation for four years.

                              CONCLUSION

¶6            We have reviewed the entire record for reversible error. See
Leon, 104 Ariz. at 300. We find none.

¶7             After the filing of this decision, defense counsel's obligations
pertaining to McGhee's representation in this appeal have ended. Counsel
need do no more than inform McGhee of the outcome of this appeal and his
future options, unless, upon review, he or she 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,
McGhee has 30 days from the date of this decision to proceed, if he wishes,
with a pro per motion for reconsideration. McGhee has 30 days from the

2      Absent material revision after the date of an alleged offense, we cite
a statute's current version.

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                           STATE v. McGHEE
                          Decision of the Court

date of this decision to proceed, if he wishes, with a pro per petition for
review.

                                  :jt

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