Peltier v. State

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

In this appeal from a conviction for manufacture of methamphetamine the judgment must be reversed for the simple but basic reason that the State and accused never joined issue before the jury. The materials used to produce methamphetamine and a quantity of methamphetamine were seized by peace officers while executing a search warrant, and because of the likelihood of a new trial we will address one challenge to the sufficiency of the affidavit presented to the magistrate to obtain the search warrant. We decline to treat other grounds since they are not likely to reoccur…