                     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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL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.




                                    IN THE
             ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS
                                DIVISION ONE


                     STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent,

                                        v.

                  EDWARD MAURICE WARE, Petitioner.

                         No. 1 CA-CR 20-0181 PRPC
                              FILED 8-27-2020


           Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County
                        No. CR2006-108473-002
            The Honorable Warren J. Granville, Judge, Retired

                  REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED


                                   COUNSEL

Edward Maurice Ware, Buckeye
Petitioner

Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Phoenix
By Lisa Marie Martin
Counsel for Respondent



                       MEMORANDUM DECISION

Presiding Judge Samuel A. Thumma, Judge D. Steven Williams and Judge
David D. Weinzweig delivered the decision of the Court.
                              STATE v. WARE
                             Decision of the Court

PER CURIAM:

¶1            Petitioner Edward Maurice Ware 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 third
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. Petitioner has not established an abuse of discretion.

¶4            For the foregoing reasons, we grant review but deny relief.




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




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