State v. Delva

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• holding that error in failing to instruct the jury on an element that did not constitute fundamental error was not properly preserved for appellate review
• no fundamental error resulted because defendant disputed knowledge of presence of substance but not knowledge of illicit nature of substance
• “Because knowledge that the substance in the package was cocaine was not at issue as a defense, the failure to instruct the jury on that element of the crime could not be fundamental error and could only be preserved for appeal by a proper objection.”

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