State v. Vance

OPINION

CASTILLO, Judge.

{1} Defendant was convicted of trafficking methamphetamine by manufacture, distribution of a controlled substance, possession of drug precursors, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He raises three issues on appeal, one of which is an issue of first impression in New Mexico: whether under the circumstances of this case, medicines such as pseudoephedrine cold tablets are excluded from the statutory definition of a “drug precursor” under the Drug Precursor Act (DPA), NMSA 1978, §§ 30-31B-1 to -18 (1989, as amended through 2004). We conclude that Section 30-31B-2(L)…