State v. Sandoval-Tena

SCHROEDER, Justice.

Heriberto Sandoval-Tena appeals from his conviction of trafficking in methamphetamine. Sandoval-Tena contends that the district court committed reversible error when (1) it permitted a police crime lab report to come into evidence under the “business records exception” to the hearsay rule, and (2) when it informed the prosecutor that he had failed to elicit testimonial evidence from the lab investigator as to the weight of the substances tested and then permitted the prosecutor to recall that witness.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Acting on a tip from a confidential…