State v. Trossman

OPINION

CHAVEZ, Chief Justice.

{1} Defendant Brigette Trossman was convicted of negligently permitting child abuse by endangerment, contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-6-l(D) (2004, prior to amendments in 2005),1 after she was arrested in a house in Chapparal, New Mexico, where chemicals and equipment involved with methamphetamine production were found and the evidence suggested that her child lived there with her. In addition to the normal instruction for negligently permitting child abuse, Jury Instruction No. 4 provided that:

Evidence that demonstrates that a child has been knowingly,…