Opinion ID: 2333147
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Expert Testimony on Methamphetamine

Text: The appellant next argues that the circuit court committed error by allowing expert testimony by Dr. Charles Kokes, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on the decedent, concerning how the use of methamphetamine affects a person's conduct. The appellant states that Dr. Kokes was not qualified to testify about the effects of methamphetamine, nor did he ever examine the appellant. He contends that the State did not provide discovery to the defense of Dr. Kokes's status as an expert on the effects of methamphetamine or its plans to ask him to testify as such. The State argues that the appellant is not entitled to relief because he agreed with the circuit court that permitting him to cross-examine Dr. Kokes the following Monday would satisfy his concerns about the subject of the testimony the effects of methamphetamineinto which the State was inquiring. We agree, and we note that the appellant does not dispute that he agreed to cross-examine Dr. Kokes on this issue the following Monday. A party cannot complain on appeal about relief to which he agreed or sought. See Grillot, 353 Ark. at 316, 107 S.W.3d at 149.