State v. Contreras-Gonzales

LANSING, Judge.

Edwin Contreras-Gonzales appeals his conviction for trafficking in methamphetamine. He challenges the district court’s partial denial of his motion to suppress evidence, the admission at trial of evidence of a chemical analysis determining that a substance found by the police was methamphetamine, and prosecutorial misconduct in the State’s opening statement and closing argument.

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BACKGROUND

Seventeen-year-old Contreras-Gonzales and two young adult males were arrested in a Lewiston motel room in March of 2004, where police found approximately one and one-half pounds of…