State v. Brookins

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UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL AND MAY BE CITED ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE.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

COREY DELANO BROOKINS, Petitioner.

No. 1 CA-CR 20-0400 PRPC

FILED 3-18-2021

Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County No. CR2013-443470-001

The Honorable Geoffrey H. Fish, Judge REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED

APPEARANCES

Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Phoenix

By Jeffrey R. Duvendack

Counsel for Respondent

Corey Delano Brookins, Winslow

Petitioner STATE v. BROOKINS

Decision of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION

Presiding Judge D. Steven Williams, Judge Jennifer B. Campbell and Judge James B. Morse Jr. delivered the following decision.

PER CURIAM:

¶1 Petitioner Corey Delano Brookins 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 second 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, the petition for review, and the response. The petitioner has failed to show an abuse of discretion. After serving 25 years of his sentence, Brookins will likely be entitled to parole consideration, see Chaparro v. Shinn, 248 Ariz. 138 (2020), but any such claim now is premature.

¶4 For the foregoing reasons, this court grants review but denies relief.

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