Opinion
No. 1 CA-CR 18-0243 PRPC
08-07-2018
STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent, v. ALEXANDER PAUL CELAYA, Petitioner.
COUNSEL Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix By Daniel Strange Counsel for Respondent Alan M. Simpson PC, Phoenix By Alan M. Simpson Counsel for 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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL AND MAY BE CITED ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE.
Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County
No. CR2013-415890-001
The Honorable Pamela Hearn Svoboda, Judge
REVIEW GRANTED AND RELIEF DENIED
COUNSEL
Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix
By Daniel Strange
Counsel for Respondent
Alan M. Simpson PC, Phoenix
By Alan M. Simpson
Counsel for Petitioner
MEMORANDUM DECISION
Presiding Judge Randall M. Howe, Judge Jennifer M. Perkins, and Judge Peter B. Swann delivered the decision of the Court.
PER CURIAM:
¶1 Petitioner Alexander Paul Celaya 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 first 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, 538 ¶ 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.