State v. Taylor

OPINION

ALARID, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction of two counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (marijuana), in violation of NMSA 1978, Section 30-31-22 (Repl.Pamp.1980). On appeal, defendant raises three issues: 1) whether the trial court erred in refusing to allow defendant to introduce into evidence a prior misdemean- or conviction of a state’s witness, and if so, whether this error deprived defendant of a fair trial; 2) whether the prosecutor’s closing argument constituted misconduct by extensively referring to facts outside of the evidence and misstating the…