Washington Supreme Court, 1996

The court held that police violated the Washington Constitution by conducting a warrantless investigatory search of Hendrickson’s impounded truck four days after his arrest, and it reversed the possession-with-intent-to-deliver count for further proceedings.

The court held that police violated the Washington Constitution by conducting a warrantless investigatory search of Hendrickson’s impounded truck four days after his arrest, so the evidence supporting the possession-with-intent-to-deliver charge should have been suppressed.