State v. Hendrickson

Talmadge J.

— Michael Hendrickson, who was on work release, was arrested for selling cocaine to a fellow inmate at a location frequented by Wahkiakum County Jail inmates. Hendrickson’s truck was impounded. Several days later, acting on an anonymous tip, police conducted a warrantless search of the truck and found cocaine in the vent of an audio speaker.

We are asked in this case to determine if a warrantless search of an impounded vehicle based on an anonymous tip violated Hendrickson’s constitutional rights. We are also asked to determine if Hendrickson was denied effective assistance of…