Hill v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

A confidential informant told law enforcement officers that appellant was manufacturing phenylacetone, a Schedule II controlled substance, at the residence of David and Shawna Smillie in Nevada County. Acting on that information, the officers executed an affidavit for a warrant to search the Smillie’s residence. The magistrate issued the warrant. The officers searched the house and found appellant with the equipment and chemicals used to produce phenylacetone, commonly called P2P, which is the immediate precursor to amphetamine and methamphetamine. The stench of…