Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-01-04 17:02:04.322486+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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL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.

                    LEON ROBERT TAYLOR, Petitioner.

                         No. 1 CA-CR 23-0367 PRPC
                              FILED 1-4-2024

     Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Yavapai County
                        No. P01300CR201800467
                The Honorable John David Napper, Judge

                  REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED

                               APPEARANCES

Yavapai County Attorney’s Office, Phoenix
By Dennis M. McGrane
Counsel for Respondent

Leon Robert Taylor, Douglas
Petitioner
                             STATE v. TAYLOR
                            Decision of the Court

                       MEMORANDUM DECISION

Presiding Judge D. Steven Williams, Judge Samuel A. Thumma, and Judge
Paul J. McMurdie delivered the Court’s decision.

PER CURIUM:

¶1            Petitioner Leon Robert Taylor 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 latest
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, 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, 260 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. The petitioner has failed to show an abuse of discretion.

¶4            For the foregoing reasons, this Court grants review but denies
relief.

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

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