State of Arizona v. Daniel Diaz

OPINION

ECKERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Petitioner Daniel Diaz seeks review of the trial court’s order dismissing his post-conviction relief proceeding, initiated pursuant to Rule 32, Ariz. R.Crim. P. We will not disturb a trial court’s ruling denying post-conviction relief absent a clear abuse of discretion. State v. Swoopes, 216 Ariz. 390, ¶ 4, 166 P.3d 945, 948 (App.2007). Diaz has not sustained his burden of establishing such abuse here.

¶ 2 Following a jury trial, Diaz was convicted of possession of a dangerous drug for sale and sentenced to an aggravated term of twenty-five years’…