Arizona Revised Statutes Title 13. Criminal Code § 13-4231. Scope of post-conviction relief

1. The conviction or the sentence was in violation of the Constitution of the United States or of this state.

2. The court was without jurisdiction to render judgment or to impose sentence.

3. The sentence imposed exceeded the maximum authorized by law or is otherwise not in accordance with the sentence authorized by law.

4. The person is being held in custody after his sentence has expired.

5. Newly discovered material facts probably exist and that the facts probably would have changed the verdict or sentence. Newly discovered material facts exist if:

6. The defendant's failure to appeal from the judgment or sentence, or both, within the prescribed time was without fault on his part.

7. There has been a significant change in the law that if determined to apply to the defendant's case would probably overturn the defendant's conviction or sentence.