Opinion ID: 2355052
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Statutory Issue Is Properly Before This Court

Text: ¶ 20 [T]he Supreme Court will review only the questions raised in the motion for discretionary review ... unless the Supreme Court orders otherwise upon the granting of the motion.... RAP 13.7(b) (emphasis added); see also State v. Korum, 157 Wash.2d 614, 624, 141 P.3d 13 (2006); Denaxas v. Sandstone Court of Bellevue, LLC, 148 Wash.2d 654, 671, 63 P.3d 125 (2003). ¶ 21 The statutory issue in this case is whether former RCW 9.92.151 requires a county jail to provide opportunities for a presentence inmate to earn good-time credit. Talley did not raise this issue in his motion for discretionary review. However, the commissioner ordered briefing from the Department and Skamania County on this issue and authorized Talley to file reply briefs in response. With full knowledge of the commissioner's rulings, we granted Talley's motion for discretionary review. See Talley, 170 Wash.2d at 1002, 245 P.3d 226. When acting in accordance with his delegated authority, the commissioner acts with the authority of this court. See SAR 15. Further, by granting review, we ratified the commissioner's rulings and effectively ordered review of the statutory issue. With the commissioner's rulings and our subsequent grant of review, the statutory issue is properly before us.