Opinion
1 CA-CR 23-0098 PRPC
05-25-2023
STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent, v. RIGOBERTO MENDEZ-HERNANDEZ, Petitioner.
Yavapai County Attorney's Office, Prescott By Vincent Ware Counsel for Respondent Rigoberto Mendez-Hernandez, Florence Petitioner
Not for Publication - Rule 111(c), Rules of the Arizona Supreme Court
Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Yavapai County No. P1300CR201801497 The Honorable Krista M. Carman, Judge
Yavapai County Attorney's Office, Prescott By Vincent Ware Counsel for Respondent
Rigoberto Mendez-Hernandez, Florence Petitioner
Presiding Judge Paul J. McMurdie, Judge Michael J. Brown, and Judge Michael S. Catlett delivered the following decision.
MEMORANDUM DECISION
PER CURIAM
¶1 Petitioner Rigoberto Mendez-Hernandez seeks review of the superior court's order denying his petition for post-conviction relief, filed pursuant to Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 32. 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 the 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 the petitioner has not established an abuse of discretion.
¶4 We grant review but deny relief.