Opinion
1 CA-CR 20-0572 PRPC
08-24-2021
STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent, v. STEWART EDWARD YOUNAN, Petitioner.
Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix By Amanda M. Parker Counsel for Respondent Stephen M. Johnson PC, Phoenix By Stephen M. Johnson Counsel for Petitioner
Not for Publication - Rule 111(c), Rules of the Arizona Supreme Court
Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Maricopa County No. CR2009-006960-003 The Honorable Sherry K. Stephens, Judge
Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix
By Amanda M. Parker
Counsel for Respondent
Stephen M. Johnson PC, Phoenix
By Stephen M. Johnson
Counsel for Petitioner
Presiding Judge Randall M. Howe, Judge Brian Y. Furuya, and Judge Michael J. Brown delivered the decision of the Court.
MEMORANDUM DECISION
PER CURIAM.
¶1 Petitioner Stewart Edward Younan 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.