(1) In aggravated death by distribution, the State need not prove that cocaine alone caused death where the evidence showed the cocaine worked in concert with other drugs; (2) the statute does not require the defendant to have distributed the controlled substance directly to each victim; (3) expert testimony based on certified toxicology reports does not violate confrontation principles where the testifying expert reviews and independently approves machine generated data; (4) a defendant waives appellate review of evidentiary error he invited by eliciting the challenged testimony.
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