STATE v. SCHMALLIE
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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 UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL AND MAY BE CITED ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE.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. LEONARD SCHMALLIE, JR., Petitioner. No. 1 CA-CR 14-0606 PRPC FILED 10-18-2016 Petition for Review from the Superior Court in Maricopa County No. CR2010-006448-001 The Honorable Pamela Hearn Svoboda, Judge REVIEW GRANTED; RELIEF DENIED COUNSEL Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Phoenix By Diane Meloche Counsel for Respondent Leonard Schmallie, Jr., Tucson Petitioner Pro Per STATE v. SCHMALLIE Decision of the Court MEMORANDUM DECISION Judge Jon W. Thompson delivered the decision of the Court, in which Presiding Judge Diane M. Johnsen and Chief Judge Michael J. Brown joined. T H O M P S O N, Judge: ¶1 Leonard Schmallie, Jr., 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 and deny relief. ¶2 Following a jury trial, Schmallie was convicted of four counts of aggravated driving or actual physical control while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs. He was sentenced to concurrent ten-year prison terms. This court affirmed the convictions and sentences on appeal with an increase in the credit for presentence incarceration. State v. Schmallie, 1 CA-CR 12-0205, 2013 WL 4080746, at *1, ¶ 6 (Ariz. App. Aug. 13, 2013) (mem. decision). ¶3 Schmallie commenced a timely post-conviction relief proceeding. After appointed counsel filed a notice that he was unable to find a colorable claim to raise, Schmallie filed a pro per petition for postconviction relief alleging a variety of claims. The superior court summarily dismissed the petition, finding that a number of the claims were procedurally precluded and the remainder failed to state a colorable claim for relief. This petition for review followed. ¶4 We review the summary dismissal of a post-conviction relief proceeding for an abuse of discretion. State v. Martinez, 226 Ariz. 464, 466, ¶ 6, 250 P.3d 241, 243 (App. 2011) (citing State v. Bennett, 213 Ariz. 562, 566, ¶ 17, 146 P.3d 63, 67 (2006)). Schmallie has failed to show in his petition for review that the superior court abused its discretion in ruling that his claims were either precluded or failed to state a colorable claim for relief. Thus, there was no error in the summary dismissal of his petition for postconviction relief. See Ariz. R. Crim. P. 32.6(c). 2 STATE v. SCHMALLIE Decision of the Court ¶5 Accordingly, although we grant review, we deny relief. AMY M. WOOD • Clerk of the Court FILED: AA 3
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