Opinion
No. 1 CA-CR 14-0855 PRPC
11-29-2016
STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent, v. PAUL LAVON HAMILTON, Petitioner.
COUNSEL Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix By Diane Meloche Counsel for Respondent Paul Lavon Hamilton, 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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL AND MAY BE CITED ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE.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. CR2011-126363-001
The Honorable Margaret R. Mahoney, Judge
REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED
COUNSEL
Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix
By Diane Meloche
Counsel for Respondent
Paul Lavon Hamilton, Florence
Petitioner
MEMORANDUM DECISION
Judge Peter B. Swann delivered the decision of the court, in which Presiding Judge Andrew W. Gould and Judge Patricia A. Orozco joined.
SWANN, Judge:
¶1 Paul Lavon Hamilton petitions for review of the summary dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief. We grant review but deny relief.
¶2 Hamilton pled guilty to first-degree murder, kidnapping, and threatening or intimidating, and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release. Hamilton thereafter filed a petition for post-conviction relief alleging claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and invalid waiver of rights.
¶3 In summarily dismissing the petition, the superior court issued a ruling that clearly identified, fully addressed, and correctly resolved the claims. In these circumstances, we need not repeat that court's analysis here; instead, we adopt it. See State v. Whipple, 177 Ariz. 272, 274 (App. 1993) (holding that when the superior court rules "in a fashion that will allow any court in the future to understand the resolution[, n]o useful purpose would be served by this court rehashing the trial court's correct ruling in a written decision").
¶4 Accordingly, though we grant review, we deny relief.