State v. Walton

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UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL AND MAY BE CITED ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE.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

No. 1 CA-CR 25-0062 PRPC FILED 01-27-2026

Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Maricopa County No. CR0000-097176 The Honorable Pamela Hearn Dunne, Judge REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED

COUNSEL Geary Wayne Walton, Florence Petitioner

MEMORANDUM DECISION Presiding Judge James B. Morse Jr., Judge Anni Hill Foster, and Judge Veronika Fabian delivered the following decision.

STATE v. WALTON Decision of the Court PER CURIAM: ¶1 Petitioner Geary Wayne Walton, 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 Walton’s eighteenth petition.

¶2 We will not disturb a superior court’s ruling on a petition for post-conviction relief absent an abuse of discretion or legal error. See State v. Gutierrez, 229 Ariz. 573, 577, ¶ 19 (2012). Walton has the burden to show that the superior court erred in denying his petition for post-conviction relief. See State v. Poblete, 227 Ariz. 537, 538, ¶ 1 (App. 2011).

¶3 We have reviewed the record in this matter, the superior court’s order denying the petition for post-conviction relief, petition for review. Walton has not established error.

¶4 We grant review but deny relief.

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