Opinion ID: 1896184
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: johnny cox's testimony.

Text: ¶ 23. Johnny Cox testified as an expert in the field of methamphetamine investigative procedures. He testified that the items located in Walker's truck and all of the items listed on the receipts located in the truck were consistent with the manufacture and production of methamphetamine. He also testified about clandestine laboratories, the methamphetamine manufacturing process, and the DEA's formula of calculating the amount of finished product/yield produced with the number of pills and/or precursors that were in Walker's possession at the time of the arrest. ¶ 24. Walker contends that this testimony was inadmissible because, prior to trial, the State stipulated that Walker was not a methamphetamine manufacturer and that it would not introduce any evidence of manufacture in its case-in-chief. This argument is not well taken. Walker was not charged with the manufacture of methamphetamine; he was charged with the possession of precursors with the intent that the precursors would be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. This charge clearly does not state that Walker was the person who engaged in the manufacture of methamphetamine. However, it is very relevant to the charge of possession of precursors that someone with expertise testify as to the manufacture of methamphetamine so that the precursors which were found in Walker's possession would be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. ¶ 25. This claim is without merit.