Opinion
No. 1 CA-CR 16-0886 PRPC
01-16-2018
STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent, v. ADAM SCOTT BRANCH, Petitioner.
APPEARANCES Adam Scott Branch, Buckeye Petitioner Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix By Diane Meloche Counsel for Respondent
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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL AND MAY BE CITED ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE.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. CR2011-159720-003
The Honorable Roger E. Brodman, Judge
REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED
APPEARANCES
Adam Scott Branch, Buckeye
Petitioner
Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix
By Diane Meloche
Counsel for Respondent
MEMORANDUM DECISION
Presiding Judge James P. Beene, Judge Randall M. Howe and Judge Kent E. Cattani delivered the following decision.
PER CURIAM :
¶1 Petitioner Adam Scott Branch 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 fourth petition for post-conviction relief.
¶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. We find that petitioner has not established an abuse of discretion.
¶4 We grant review and deny relief.