STATE v. OVANTE

No. CR-10-0085-AP.

291 P.3d 974 (2013)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Manuel OVANTE, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

January 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Horne , Arizona Attorney General by Kent E. Cattani , Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals/Capital Litigation Section, Jeffrey A. Zick , Assistant Attorney General, Ginger Jarvis , Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

James J. Haas , Maricopa County Public Defender by Thomas K. Baird , Deputy Public Defender, Tennie B. Martin , Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, Attorneys for Manuel Ovante, Jr.


OPINION

BALES, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 This automatic appeal concerns Manuel Ovante, Jr.'s 2010 death sentence for murdering Damien Vickers. We have jurisdiction under Article 6, Section 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. §§ 13-4031 and -4033(A)(1) (2010).

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2 On June 11, 2008, Ovante and three friends drove to Jordan Trujillo's house, hoping she would give them methamphetamine...

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