ELLINGTON, J.
¶ 1 Shortly before Ronald Applegate's 2004 trial, the United States Supreme Court invalidated exceptional sentences based upon aggravating factors found by a judge, and ruled such factors must be submitted to the trier of fact. Washington's Sentencing Reform Act of 1981,
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