Knudsen v. City of Anchorage

■NESBETT, Chief Justice.

This is a petition to review an order of the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, which denied petitioner’s motion for trial by jury of an appeal from a conviction of reckless driving under an ordinance of the City of Anchorage, Alaska. 1

On February 26, 1960, petitioner appeared before a State District Magistrate, holding court on alleged violations of the ordinances of the City of Anchorage and demanded trial by jury on a charge of reckless driving. Petitioner’s demand was denied and after trial and conviction of the charge he was sentenced…