OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
{1} The issue we are required to determine in this case is whether a witness in a criminal case is allowed to give testimony by telephone in the absence of a compelling reason or need for such testimony. We hold that the appearance by telephone of a chemist from the New Mexico State Crime Lab was not permitted under the circumstances of this case, and we therefore reverse Defendant's conviction for distribution of a controlled substance...
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