Valenzuela v. State ex rel. Eyman

Peter Munoz Valenzuela was convicted in 196S by a jury on five counts of violating A.R.S. § 36-1002.04, which is entitled “Minors inducing minors to violate narcotic drug laws * * This Court affirmed his conviction, State v. Valenzuela, 101 Ariz. 230, 418 P.2d 386 (1966).

In 1971, Valenzuela petitioned in the Superior Court of Pinal County for a writ of *136habeas corpus, alleging several procedural errors at the time of his sentencing by the Superior Court of Pima County in 1965. The petition for writ of habeas corpus was denied, “for the reason that the Supreme Court [had] affirmed the sentence…