State v. Blea

OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for trafficking in heroin. He asserts that, at trial, there was not a sufficient foundation for testimony about a narcotics sniffing dog. The claim is frivolous. Defendant never informed the trial court as to what “foundation” was lacking and did not, on cross-examination, attempt to attack the propriety of the testimony that the dog was “trained for sniffing out narcotics, specifically heroin.” See Dahl v. Turner, 80 N.M. 564, 458 P.2d 816, 39 A.L.R.3d 207 (Ct.App.1969). In addition, testimony concerning use of the dog went to the…