State v. Makin

Defendant was stopped for a traffic infraction in Washington County. He had three young children in the car. Defendant also had a notebook containing records of his drug sales, over 27 grams of methamphetamine, marijuana, moonshine, a methamphetamine pipe, syringes, scales, and baggies either in the car or on his person. This criminal appeal concerns defendant’s challenge to his convictions for first-degree child neglect (Counts 5, 6, and 7) and manufacturing methamphetamine (Count 2).1 Defendant asserts that the state failed to prove (1) delivery of methamphetamine in the presence of…