Ogden v. J.M. Steel Erecting

1 In 1990, petitioner Rodney Jackson was convicted after a jury trial of two counts of sexual abuse of a person under the age of fifteen years, one count of child molestation, one count of sexual conduct with a person under the age of fifteen years, and two counts of attempted sexual conduct with a person under the age of fifteen years. He w as sentenced to consecutive, mitigated and presumptive prison terms totaling forty-two years, to be followed by two, five-year probationary terms. On appeal, we affirmed his convictions and sentences, modifying one prison sentence to incorporate cred it for presentence incarceration. State v. Jackson, 170 Ariz. 89, 821 P.2d 1374 (App. 1991). In 2002, Jackson filed his first petition for post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 32, Ariz. R. Crim. P., 17 A.R.S., raising claims of ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel regarding potential plea offers and asserting he was entitled to relief based on significant changes in the law. This petition for review of some of those claims follows the trial courts denial of relief without a hearing. We will not disturb a trial courts ruling on a petition for post-conviction relief absent an abuse of discretion. State v. Watton, 164 Ariz. 323, 793 P.2d 80 (1990). We find none here.