Opinion
2 CA-CR 2023-0251
09-05-2024
The State of Arizona, Appellee, v. Raquel Luz, Appellant.
Emily Danies, Tucson Counsel for Appellant
Not for Publication - Rule 111(c), Rules of the Arizona Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court in Gila County No. S0400CR202200112 The Honorable Bryan B. Chambers, Judge.
Emily Danies, Tucson Counsel for Appellant
Presiding Judge Sklar authored the decision of the Court, in which Vice Chief Judge Eppich and Judge Gard concurred.
MEMORANDUM DECISION
SKLAR, PRESIDING JUDGE.
¶1 After a jury trial, appellant Raquel Luz was convicted of possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. The trial court suspended the imposition of sentence and placed her on twenty-four months' probation as to each count.
¶2 On appeal, counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Clark, 196 Ariz. 530 (App. 1999), asserting she has reviewed the record and has been unable to find any arguable question of law. Consistent with Clark, 196 Ariz. 530, ¶ 30, counsel has provided a factual and procedural history of the case with citations to the record and has asked this court to search the record for reversible error. Luz has not filed a supplemental brief.
¶3 Viewed in the light most favorable to affirming the verdicts, see State v. Holle, 240 Ariz. 300, ¶ 2 (2016), the evidence is sufficient here, see A.R.S. §§ 13-3401(6)(c)(xxxviii), 13-3407(A)(1), 13-3415(A). In March 2022, a Gila County Sherriff's Office commander was investigating Luz, stopped a car in which she was a passenger, and located two clear baggies of methamphetamine, a glass smoking device, and a syringe in a box attached to the bottom of the car. Luz admitted to using methamphetamine and to smoking it in a pipe that resembled the one found in the car. The probationary terms are within the statutory ranges. See A.R.S. §§ 13-902(A), 13-3407(B)(1), 13-3415(A).
¶4 Pursuant to our obligation under Anders, we have searched the record for reversible error and have found none. See State v. Fuller, 143 Ariz. 571, 575 (1985). Accordingly, we affirm Luz's convictions and terms of probation.