In re the Personal Restraint of Nichols

¶1 With information obtained from their inspection of a motel registry, police identified petitioner Glenn Nichols as the suspect in a drug dealing operation, arrested him on a warrant for driving with a suspended license, and found the drugs that led to his convictions. In this personal restraint petition, Nichols argues for the first time that police violated his right under the state constitution to be free from intrusion into his private affairs when they viewed the motel registry without a warrant. He contends his convictions must be vacated and his case remanded with instructions either…