State v. Korelc

NOTICE: NOT FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL AND MAY BE CITED ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE. IN THE ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION ONE STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent, v. RANDALL MARC KORELC, Petitioner. No. 1 CA-CR 14-0656 PRPC FILED 10-20-2016 Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Maricopa County No. CR2007-172851-001 The Honorable Connie Contes, Judge REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED COUNSEL Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix By Susan L. Luder Counsel for Respondent Randall Marc Korelc, San Luis Petitioner MEMORANDUM DECISION Presiding Judge Diane M. Johnsen, Judge Jon W. Thompson and Chief Judge Michael J. Brown delivered the decision of the court. STATE v. KORELC Decision of the Court PER CURIAM: ¶1 Randall Marc Korelc petitions for review of the summary dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief. We have considered the petition for review and, for the reasons stated, grant review but deny relief. ¶2 Following a jury trial, Korelc was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to an 18-year prison term. This court affirmed the conviction and sentence on appeal. State v. Korelc, 1 CA-CR 11-0184, 2012 WL 2786184 (Ariz. App. July 5, 2012) (mem. decision). ¶3 Korelc commenced a timely proceeding for post-conviction relief and filed a pro se petition in which he asserted a variety of claims, including ineffective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial and judicial misconduct, multiple trial errors and actual innocence. In summarily dismissing the petition, the superior court issued a ruling that clearly identified, fully addressed and correctly resolved the claims. Under these circumstances, we need not repeat that court's analysis here; instead, we adopt it. See State v. Whipple, 177 Ariz. 272, 274 (App. 1993) (when superior court rules "in a fashion that will allow any court in the future to understand the resolution[,]" there is no purpose in "rehashing the trial court's correct ruling"). ¶4 Accordingly, although we grant review, we deny relief. AMY M. WOOD • Clerk of the Court FILED: AA 2