Keller v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Alexander Joseph Keller was charged in the Bethel district court with the offense of driving while intoxicated. Keller’s father was a bailiff for the Bethel court. Bethel Magistrate Craig R. McMahon and the two resident judges in Bethel, Superior Court Judges Dale O. Curda and Leonard R. Deva-ney, all recused themselves because of their association with Keller’s father. Keller’s case was ultimately assigned to a Fairbanks judge, District Court Judge Raymond M. Funk. The question presented in this appeal is whether these judicial recusals and reassignments affected the…