Opinion
1 CA-CR 12-0620
07-30-2013
STATE OF ARIZONA, Appellee, v. ANRE DION PARTEE, Appellant.
Thomas C. Horne, Attorney General By Joseph T. Maziarz, Chief Counsel Criminal Appeals Section Attorneys for Appellee James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender By Terry J. Reid, Deputy Public Defender Attorneys for Appellant
NOTICE: THIS DECISION DOES NOT CREATE LEGAL PRECEDENT AND MAY NOT BE CITED
EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY APPLICABLE RULES.
See Ariz. R. Supreme Court 111(c); ARCAP 28(c);
Ariz. R. Crim. P. 31.24
MEMORANDUM DECISION
(Not for Publication-Rule 111, Rules of the Arizona Supreme Court)
Appeal from the Superior Court of Maricopa County
Cause No. CR2012-111261-001
The Honorable William L. Brotherton, Jr., Judge
AFFIRMED
Thomas C. Horne, Attorney General
By Joseph T. Maziarz, Chief Counsel
Criminal Appeals Section
Attorneys for Appellee
Phoenix James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender
By Terry J. Reid, Deputy Public Defender
Attorneys for Appellant
Phoenix THOMPSON, Presiding Judge ¶1 This case comes to us as an appeal under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Leon, 104 Ariz. 297, 451 P.2d 878 (1969). Counsel for Anre Dion Partee (defendant), after searching the entire record, has been unable to discover any arguable questions of law and has filed a brief requesting this court conduct an Anders review of the record. Defendant has been afforded an opportunity to file a supplemental brief in propria persona, and he has not done so. ¶2 In February 2012, Mesa Police Officer Clinton Bertola stopped defendant for jaywalking. After learning that defendant had an outstanding warrant, Officer Bertola arrested defendant and conducted a search of his person. During the search, Officer Bertola found a plastic bag containing marijuana inside defendant's jacket pocket, which defendant claimed belonged to his sister or girlfriend. While in the back of the patrol car, defendant spoke to his brother on his cell phone, stating that he got busted for having some "bud," and that it was "about ten grams" worth. A forensics lab test later revealed the marijuana weighed 10.9 grams. ¶3 The state charged defendant with one count of possession or use of marijuana, and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, both class six felonies. Prior to trial, the state moved to designate both counts as class one misdemeanors and to hold a bench trial. See Ariz. Rev. Stat. (A.R.S.) § 13-604(B) (2010). Defendant did not object, and the court granted the motion. On the first day of trial, defense counsel requested a continuance in order to interview an undisclosed witness whom the defendant claimed was the actual possessor of the marijuana. The court denied the motion for continuance. ¶4 The court convicted defendant as charged. The court suspended the imposition of sentencing and placed defendant on twelve months of unsupervised probation for each offense, to run concurrently. Defendant timely appealed. ¶5 We have read and considered counsel's brief and have searched the entire record for reversible error. See Leon, 104 Ariz. at 300, 451 P.2d at 881. We find none. All of the proceedings were conducted in compliance with the Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure. So far as the record reveals, defendant was adequately represented by counsel at all stages of the proceedings, and the sentence imposed was within the statutory limits. Pursuant to State v. Shattuck, 140 Ariz. 582, 584-85, 684 P.2d 154, 156-57 (1984), defendant's counsel's obligations in this appeal are at an end. Defendant has thirty days from the date of this decision in which to proceed, if he so desires, with an in propria persona motion for reconsideration or petition for review. ¶6 We affirm the convictions and imposition of probation.
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JON W. THOMPSON, Presiding Judge
CONCURRING: _____________________
KENT E. CATTANI, Judge
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DIANE M. JOHNSEN, Judge