State argues prior carjacking, video and witness evidence support Tenry convictions and firearm enhancement

Brad Meager, representing the State of Washington, urged the court to view the evidence and reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict. Meager recounted events beginning in Oregon—where a co-participant displayed a gun during a carjacking—and said the later Centralia encounter and chase were part of the same enterprise.

Meager described video evidence and witness testimony (including a witness in a vehicle behind the Subaru) to support the state's timeline and argued Tenry's actions—running toward his co-participant and not away, with other vehicles affecting his path—permitted a factfinder to infer he assisted or encouraged. "You encourage somebody by running towards your assistance," Meager told the court, framing the state's 'aid and encourage' theory.

On sentencing, the state defended firearm enhancements, arguing statutory text supports enhancements when a principal or accomplice is armed and noting multiple violent crimes in a single episode justify heightened penalties. The court pressed Meager on premeditation and the mechanics of the Finch shooting; Meager pointed to physical evidence and the presence of another gun as circumstantial support for the attempted murder and related enhancements.