State v. Hopson

NOTICE: NOT FOR PUBLICATION. UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION DOES NOT CREATE LEGAL PRECEDENT AND MAY NOT BE CITED EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED. IN THE ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION ONE STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent, v. BRIAN ODELL HOPSON, Petitioner. No. 1 CA-CR 13-0369 PRPC Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Maricopa County No. CR2009-120677-001 The Honorable Rosa Mroz, Judge REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED COUNSEL Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Phoenix By Diane Meloche Counsel for Petitioner Brian Odell Hopson, Tucson Petitioner MEMORANDUM DECISION Presiding Judge Jon W. Thompson, Judge Donn Kessler and Judge Kent E. Cattani delivered the decision of the Court. STATE v. HOPSON Decision of the Court PER CURIAM: ¶1 Petitioner Brian Odell Hopson petitions this court for review of the dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief. We have considered the petition for review and, for the reasons stated, grant review and deny relief. ¶2 A jury convicted Hopson of four counts of aggravated assault and the trial court sentenced him to four concurrent terms of twenty years’ imprisonment. Hopson voluntarily dismissed his direct appeal and now seeks review of the summary dismissal of his second petition for post- conviction relief. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.9(c). ¶3 Hopson’s petition for post-conviction relief asserted that the Arizona Department of Corrections interfered with his efforts to file a post- trial motion pursuant to Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 24. The superior court properly denied relief because this is not a cognizable claim under Rule 32.1. ¶4 While Hopson’s petition for review arguably presents additional issues, Hopson did not raise those issues in his petition for post- conviction relief. A petition for review may not present issues that were not first presented to the trial court. State v. Ramirez, 126 Ariz. 464, 467, 616 P.2d 924, 927 (App. 1980); State v. Wagstaff, 161 Ariz. 66, 71, 775 P.2d 1130, 1135 (App. 1988); State v. Bortz, 169 Ariz. 575, 577, 821 P.2d 236, 238 (App. 1991); Ariz. R. Crim. P. 32.9(c)(1)(ii). ¶5 We grant review and deny relief. 2