DeNardo v. Municipality of Anchorage

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Daniel DeNardo was scheduled to be tried in the district court for the Anchorage municipal offense of unauthorized entry. On March 4, 1997, DeNardo appeared for trial call before District Court Judge John R. Lohff. Judge Lohff assigned the trial to himself. The next day, when the parties appeared for trial, DeNardo filed a challenge for cause against Judge Lohff. Judge Lohff denied this challenge. DeNardo then attempted to exercise a peremptory challenge against Judge Lohff, but Judge Lohff denied the peremptory challenge too. DeNardo now appeals the denial of the…