STATE OF ARIZONA v. BRIAN JEFFERY MCCALL
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IN THE ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION TWO THE STATE OF ARIZONA, Appellee, v. BRIAN JEFFERY MCCALL, Appellant. No. 2 CA-CR 2018-0014 Filed October 5, 2018 THIS DECISION DOES NOT CREATE LEGAL PRECEDENT AND MAY NOT BE CITED EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY APPLICABLE RULES. NOT FOR PUBLICATION See Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 111(c)(1); Ariz. R. Crim. P. 31.19(e). Appeal from the Superior Court in Pima County No. CR20150167001 The Honorable Christopher Browning, Judge The Honorable Richard S. Fields, Judge AFFIRMED COUNSEL Joel Feinman, Pima County Public Defender By Erin K. Sutherland, Assistant Public Defender, Tucson Counsel for Appellant STATE v. McCALL Decision of the Court MEMORANDUM DECISION Presiding Judge Staring authored the decision of the Court, in which Chief Judge Eckerstrom and Judge Brearcliffe concurred. S T A R I N G, Presiding Judge: ¶1 After a trial in absentia, appellant Brian McCall was convicted of sale of heroin and possession of heroin. After he was returned to custody, 1 the trial court sentenced him to concurrent prison terms, the longer of which was seven years. Counsel has filed a brief in compliance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Clark, 196 Ariz. 530 (App. 1999), stating she has reviewed the record and has found no “arguably meritorious issues” to raise on appeal. Counsel has asked us to search the record for error. McCall has not filed a supplemental brief. ¶2 Viewed in the light most favorable to sustaining the verdicts, see State v. Delgado, 232 Ariz. 182, ¶ 2 (App. 2013), the evidence was sufficient to support the jury’s findings of guilt, see A.R.S. § 13-3408(A)(1), (7). The evidence presented at trial showed McCall sold heroin to an undercover officer for $40. During a later search pursuant to a warrant, officers found additional heroin and the officer’s money, which had been photocopied for identification, in McCall’s apartment. We further conclude the sentences imposed are within the statutory limits. See A.R.S. §§ 13703(B), (H), (I), 13-3408(B)(1), (7). ¶3 Pursuant to our obligation under Anders, we have searched the record for fundamental, reversible error and have found none. Therefore, McCall’s convictions and sentences are affirmed. 1 McCall was returned to custody in May 2017. At sentencing, defense counsel and the state agreed that he had waived his right to appeal, and the trial court therefore only advised him of his right to seek relief pursuant to Rule 32, Ariz. R. Crim. P. In a Rule 32 proceeding, however, McCall argued, and the state agreed, that he had not been advised that delaying sentencing by more than ninety days would waive his right to appeal pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-4033. See State v. Bolding, 227 Ariz. 82, ¶ 20 (App. 2011). The trial court granted McCall a delayed appeal. 2
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