Court Opinion

ID: 9513994
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 22:43:01.765847+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:07.490520
License: Public Domain

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice,
concurring specially.
[¶ 27] I concur in the result reached in the opinion by Justice Maring and in the concurring opinion of Justice Crothers. I agree this is not a matter of the judge’s personal bias or prejudice concerning a party or a party’s lawyer. I also agree with Justice Maring that a party who has knowledge of the facts constituting a disqualification cannot wait until the judge has made an unfavorable ruling to seek disqualification of the judge. Because this is not a matter of the judge’s personal bias or prejudice and because the defendant waited until an unfavorable ruling had been made to raise the issue, I further agree the criminal judgment should be affirmed.
[¶ 28] DALE Y. SANDSTROM, J., concurs.