State v. Byrns

OPINION

Before Bench, Billings and Greenwood, JJ. BILLINGS, Judge:

Upon entering a conditional plea of no contest to the charges of arranging to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a listed chemical with intent to manufacture, defendant James Arthur Byrns, Jr. appeals several of the district court’s pretrial rulings. We affirm.

FACTS

Defendant and Ross Argyle met while in custody in Oregon. Thereafter, defendant returned to his parent’s home in Reno, Nevada, and Argyle was extradited to Utah. While in the Utah County Jail, Argyle told a Provo City police officer that defendant had…