State v. Vaughn

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UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL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.

TILFERT DARRELL VAUGHN, Petitioner.

No. 1 CA-CR 20-0625 PRPC
FILED 7-29-2021

Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Maricopa County
No. CR2015-106371-001
The Honorable Christopher A. Coury, Judge

REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED

COUNSEL

Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Phoenix
By Lisa Marie Martin
Counsel for Respondent

Brown & Little PLC, Chandler
By Matthew O. Brown
Counsel for Petitioner

STATE v. VAUGHN
Decision of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION

Presiding Judge David B. Gass, Judge Michael J. Brown, and Judge David
D. Weinzweig delivered the decision of the Court.

PER CURIAM:

¶1 Petitioner Tilfert Darrell Vaughn seeks review of the superior
court’s order denying his petition for post-conviction relief. This is
petitioner’s first 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, the petition for
review, response, and reply. We find that petitioner has not established an
abuse of discretion.

¶4 We grant review and deny relief.

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

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