State of Arizona v. Steven Ray Lopez

OPINION

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

¶ 1 Steven Lopez petitions this court for review of the trial court’s order, entered after an evidentiary hearing, dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ariz. R.Crim. P. We will not disturb that ruling unless the court clearly has abused its discretion. See State v. Swoopes, 216 Ariz. 390, ¶ 4, 166 P.3d 945, 948 (App.2007). Lopez has not met his burden of demonstrating such abuse here.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶ 2 In 2007, Lopez pled guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and was sentenced to consecutive…