State v. Lamberton

OPINION

CORCORAN, Justice.

The only issue we decide in this opinion is whether the court of appeals erred in dismissing the Victim’s separate petition for review. We find that it did not. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5(3), and rule 31.19, Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Respondent Kenneth James Lamberton (defendant) filed a petition for post-conviction relief, pursuant to rule 32.1, Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure. Defendant, who was serving a 12-year sentence pursuant to a plea agreement for one count of molestation of a child, aged 14,…