State v. Torres

• Court: Court of Appeals of Arizona
• Decided: May 15, 2025
• Docket: 1 CA-CR 24-0669-PRPC
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL AND MAY BE CITED ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE.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.

JACOB ANTHONY TORRES, Petitioner.

No. 1 CA-CR 24-0669 PRPC FILED 05-15-2025

Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Maricopa County

No. CR2011-159537-001 The Honorable Margaret LaBianca, Judge

REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED

COUNSEL

Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Phoenix By Phillip D. Garrow Counsel for Respondent

Jacob Anthony Torres, Buckeye Petitioner Pro Se STATE v. TORRES Decision of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION

Presiding Judge Anni Hill Foster, Judge Michael J. Brown, and Judge Paul J. McMurdie delivered the following decision.

PER CURIAM:

¶1 Petitioner Jacob Anthony Torres seeks review of the superior court’s order denying his petition for post-conviction relief. This is Torres’s fourteenth 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, 260 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, and the petition for review. We find that Petitioner has not established an abuse of discretion.

¶4 We grant review and deny relief.

MATTHEW J. MARTIN • Clerk of the Court FILED: JR