Synopsis: Whether on resentencing of a 1991 criminal conviction because of offender score error, the trial court may reimpose the exceptional sentence it originally imposed on the basis of the same aggravating factor it had originally found unaffected by the Supreme Court’s intervening decision in Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S. Ct. 2531, 159 L. Ed. 2d 403 (2004).

Synopsis: Whether an affidavit in support of a search warrant sufficiently specified the time that a confidential informant had observed a marijuana growing operation when it related that the informant had contacted the affiant within the previous 48 hours and reported that he or she had seen marijuana “being grown” at the place to be searched.

Synopsis: Whether a plaintiff seeking treble damages for civil trespass pursuant to RCW 4.24.630 must prove that the trespasser intended to damage the invaded property.

Synopsis: Whether a police officer assigned to a high school as a school resource officer was acting as a school official when he searched a student's locked backpack without a warrant, making the search lawful under the school search exception to the warrant requirement.

Synopsis: Whether a personal restraint petitioner claiming ineffective assistance of trial counsel must show a greater degree of prejudice to establish the claim than if the claim were made on direct appeal.

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Synopsis: Whether the city of Seattle may be liable in an action for wrongful death brought by the survivor of a murder victim based on the failure of police to confiscate ammunition while detaining the murderer for questioning just before the murder occurred.

Synopsis: Whether RCW 4.26.160, which prohibits the assertion of claims of right against the government based on the passage of time, bars an adverse possession claim against a municipality even though the claimant satisfied the elements of adverse possession before the municipality acquired the disputed property.

Synopsis: Whether evidence that a codefendant in a medical malpractice action settled with the plaintiff is admissible under RCW 7.70.080.

Synopsis: Whether the children of a decedents predeceased former spouse are the decedents stepchildren under RCW 4.20.020, making them potential beneficiaries in the decedents wrongful death lawsuit.