Menius

When officers searched the residence of defendant Carl Edward Menius, Jr., pursuant to a warrant, they found a veritable treasure trove of contraband, paraphernalia, and chemicals used in the manufacture of methamphetamine: sodium hydroxide, red phosphorus, hydriodic acid, methamphetamine sludge, ephedrine, trichlorotrifluroroethane, finished methamphetamine in a substantial quantity, heating mantles, flasks, pumps, funnels, papers, tubing, hydrogen chloride cylinders, syringes, etc. Baggies of marijuana were found in the house, along with cocaine; a four-pound block of marijuana was found in defendant’s car. A firearm was found under defendant’s pillow in his bedroom.

Defendant was charged with a multiplicity of offenses, and eventually pleaded guilty to two counts of the ten-count amended information. These counts (numbers three and five) charged defendant with possession of specified chemicals with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11383, subd. (c)) and with possession of marijuana for sale (Health & Saf. Code, § 11359). Each count included an armed allegation (Pen. Code, § 12022, subd. (a)(1)), and enhancements were also alleged under…