State v. Grier

Appellant, Joseph Cary Grier, was convicted of kidnapping, A.R.S. § 13-1304, a class-2 felony, and sexual assault, A.R.S. § 13-1406, a class-2 felony and sentenced to two concurrent 18-year terms. The judgments of conviction and sentences were affirmed in State v. Grier, 129 Ariz. 279, 630 P.2d 575 (App.1981), and review was denied by this court.

Grier filed two petitions for post-conviction relief. See 17 A.R.S. Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 32. In 1981, Grier’s first petition alleging ineffective assistance of counsel at the pretrial and trial stages was dismissed by the trial court and…