Opinion
No. 1 CA-CR 20-0089 PRPC
06-04-2020
STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent, v. MELINDA GABRIELLA VALENZUELA, Petitioner.
APPEARANCES Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix By Andrea L. Kever Counsel for Respondent Melinda Gabriella Valenzuela, Florence Petitioner
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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL AND MAY BE CITED ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE.
Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Maricopa County
No. CR 2012-159201-001
The Honorable Rosa Mroz, Judge
AFFIRMED
APPEARANCES
Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix
By Andrea L. Kever
Counsel for Respondent
Melinda Gabriella Valenzuela, Florence
Petitioner
MEMORANDUM DECISION
Presiding Judge Michael J. Brown delivered the decision of the Court, in which Judge Kenton D. Jones and Judge D. Steven Williams joined.
BROWN, Judge:
¶1 Petitioner Melinda Gabriella Valenzuela seeks review of the superior court's order denying her petition for post-conviction relief, filed pursuant to Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.1. This is petitioner's fourth 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 (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 (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. We find that petitioner has not established an abuse of discretion.
¶4 For the foregoing reasons, we grant review and deny relief.