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(Emphasis added.)<br />

The explicit reference to “fruits” clearly<br />

indicates that “not only the direct products, but also the<br />

indirect products” of Defendant’s statements would not be used<br />

by the State against him.<br />

27 Turning to Defendant’s claim of error, the trial court<br />

could have reasonably concluded that Defendant failed to make a<br />

sufficient showing that there had been a violation of the<br />

agreement to justify an evidentiary hearing on his claim.<br />

As<br />

detailed by the State in the response to Defendant’s motion,<br />

Tovar was interviewed by defense counsel the same day, but after<br />

Defendant’s free talk session. Tovar was not present for<br />

Defendant’s free talk and the statements were not recorded.<br />

Thus, the only way that Tovar’s memory could have been refreshed<br />

by Defendant’s statements was if the prosecutor informed him of<br />

the statements.<br />

The prosecutor avowed none of the information<br />

provided by Defendant was conveyed to Tovar.<br />

28 The record does not reflect any challenge by Defendant<br />

to the facts described in the response or the prosecutor’s<br />

avowal. A prosecutor’s avowal based on firsthand knowledge may<br />

be properly considered in ruling on an issue. See State v.<br />

Montano, 204 Ariz. 413, 424, 50, 65 P.3d 61, 72 (2003)<br />

(relying, in part, on the prosecutor’s avowal that there were no<br />

Brady materials in denying the Brady claim), supplemented by 206<br />

14

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