State v. Wooten

• Docket Number: 1 CA-CR 23-0294 PRPC
• Decision Date: 25 January 2024
• Parties: STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent, v. LEVONNIE WOOTEN, Petitioner.
• Court: Arizona Court of Appeals

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STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent, v. LEVONNIE WOOTEN, Petitioner.

No. 1 CA-CR 23-0294 PRPC

Court of Appeals of Arizona, First Division

January 25, 2024

Not for Publication - Rule 111(c), Rules of the Arizona Supreme Court

Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Maricopa County No. CR 94-003150 The Honorable Lisa Ann Vandenberg, Judge

Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix

By Christine Davis

Counsel for Respondent

Barton & Storts, Tucson

By Brick P. Storts, III

Counsel for Petitioner

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Presiding Judge Michael J. Brown, Judge Andrew M. Jacobs, and Judge Angela K. Paton delivered the decision of the Court.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

PER CURIAM:

¶1 Petitioner Levonnie Wooten seeks review of the superior court's order denying his petition for post-conviction relief. This is his fifth 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, 278 P.3d 1276, 1280 (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, ¶ 1, P.3d 1102, 1103 (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, the petition for review, the state's response and petitioner's reply. We find that petitioner has not established an abuse of discretion.

¶4 We grant review and deny relief.