OPINION
VIGIL, Judge.
{1} The issues in this case are (1) whether the crime of bringing contraband into a jail in violation of NMSA 1978, § 30-22-14(B) (1976), is a strict liability offense and (2) whether fundamental error was committed when the district court failed to include a mental state as an essential element of the crime in its instructions to the jury. We hold that an essential element of the crime is knowing possession of the contraband...
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