DocketNumber: 1 CA-CV 22-0241
Filed Date: 3/21/2023
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 3/21/2023
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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL AND MAY BE CITED ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE.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. ANTHONY MICHAEL KOCH, Petitioner. No. 1 CA-CR 22-0241 PRPC FILED 3-21-2023 Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Mohave County No. S8015CR201701173 The Honorable Billy K. Sipe, Judge Pro Tempore REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED COUNSEL Mohave County Attorney’s Office, Kingman By Rod Gilleo Counsel for Respondent Anthony Michael Koch, San Luis Petitioner STATE v. KOCH Decision of the Court MEMORANDUM DECISION Presiding Judge Samuel A. Thumma, Judge Randall M. Howe, and Judge Anni Hill Foster delivered the following decision. PER CURIAM: ¶1 Petitioner Anthony Michael Koch 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 Koch’s first petition. ¶2 Absent an abuse of discretion or legal error, this court will not disturb a superior court’s ruling on a petition for post-conviction relief. See State v. Gutierrez,229 Ariz. 573
, 577 ¶ 19 (2012). Petitioner has the burden to show that the superior court erred in denying the petition for post- conviction relief. See State v. Poblete,227 Ariz. 537
, 538 ¶ 1 (App. 2011). ¶3 This court has reviewed the record in this matter, the order denying the petition for post-conviction relief and the petition for review. This court finds the petitioner has not established error. ¶4 This court grants review but denies relief. AMY M. WOOD • Clerk of the Court FILED: AA 2