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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL
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                                    IN THE
             ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS
                                DIVISION ONE


                     STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent,

                                        v.

                 NICOLAS ROGELIO CORTEZ, Petitioner.

                         No. 1 CA-CR 18-0267 PRPC
                              FILED 8-7-2018


           Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County
                        No. CR2012-160587-001
                   The Honorable Sam J. Myers, Judge

              REVIEW GRANTED AND RELIEF DENIED


                                   COUNSEL

Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Phoenix
By Daniel Strange
Counsel for Respondent

Nicolas Rogelio Cortez, Buckeye
Petitioner



                       MEMORANDUM DECISION

Presiding Judge Randall M. Howe, Judge Jennifer M. Perkins, and Judge
Peter B. Swann delivered the decision of the Court.
                             STATE v. CORTEZ
                            Decision of the Court

PER CURIAM:

¶1            Petitioner Nicolas Rogelio Cortez 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.




                             AMY M. WOOD • Clerk of the Court
                             FILED: AA




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