Barrientos v. State

BIRD, Judge.

Jose Barrientos was convicted by the trial court, sitting as trier of fact, of possession of

methamphetamine with intent, for which he was sentenced to twenty years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. He raises five points on appeal: (1) that the police officer had no probable cause to stop his vehicle; (2) that even if the officer had probable cause to stop his vehicle, the stop exceeded the duration and scope of a proper investigation; (3) that the officer’s drug dog was not sufficiently reliable to establish probable cause to search, and that the officer’s use of “handler…