State Of Washington, V Jason Dunham

¶1 — Jason Dunham appeals his conviction for unlawful possession of methamphetamine. Dunham argues that a warrantless search of his backpack’s locked pocket was unlawful and that the evidence obtained as a result should have been suppressed. Because the search of the backpack was a valid inventory search, we disagree and affirm the conviction.

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¶2 On January 29, 2014, Sergeant Gwen Carrell of the Chehalis Police Department responded to a reported shoplifting at a local department store. Upon arriving at the store, Sgt. Carrell met with loss prevention officers who advised Sgt. Carrell that…