Synopsis: Whether in considering whether multiple crimes constitute the "same criminal conduct" for sentencing purposes, an appellate court reviews the trial court's decision for abuse of discretion or considers the issue de novo.

Synopsis: Whether the trial court in a murder prosecution had authority to modify the defendant's restitution more than 180 days after sentencing to include the victim's funeral and burial expenses, which were ascertainable within the 180-day period.

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Synopsis: Whether in this personal injury action a utility company's approved placement of a utility pole closer to a roadway than allowed by county regulations constituted a legal cause of damages the plaintiff suffered when the car he was riding in struck the pole while being driven recklessly.

Synopsis: Whether an amendment to the slayer statute, RCW 11.84.020, extending the statute to abusers is given improper retroactive effect when applied to a petition to adjudicate as an abuser a beneficiary of a decedent who died before the effective date of the amendment.

Synopsis: Whether in a proceeding to terminate parental rights a finding that the conditions underlying the child's dependency are unlikely to be remedied in the near future necessarily supports a finding that continuation of the parent-child relationship diminishes the child's prospects for integration into a stable and permanent home. See RCW 13.34.180(e), (f).

Synopsis: Whether an insured's refusal to submit to a contractually required prelawsuit examination under oath precludes the insured from bringing a breach of contract action against the insurer.

Synopsis: Whether the "saving statute," RCW 10.01.040, permits a 1987 indecent liberties conviction to serve as the predicate offense for a current charge of unlawful possession of a firearm even though in 1988 the indecent liberties statute was amended to decriminalize the act that formed the basis of the defendant's conviction.

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