State of Arizona v. Manuel Ovante, Jr.

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• holding that showing defendants in Marico-pa County are more likely to receive the death penalty than defendants in other counties does not establish an Equal Protection Clause violation
• holding that when trial court’s oral pronouncement of sentence conflicts with minute entry, appellate court can correct minute entry if record clearly identifies the intended sentence
• holding that the oral pronouncement of a sentence controls over the sentencing order
• stating that “[a] court is not required to give a separate instruction if its substance has already been covered by other instructions”
• providing that an oral pronouncement of sentence controls over a discrepancy in written minute entry
• stating that, if a defendant pleads guilty to capital and non-capital crimes in the same case, this Court will review the validity of the non-capital guilty plea on direct appeal

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