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STATE v. BUCKALEW

No. 3143.

561 P.2d 289 (1977)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Seaborn J. BUCKALEW, Jr., Judge of the Superior Court, and the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Respondents, David James Schmid, Real Party in Interest. STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. David James SCHMID, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Keenan, Ivan Lawner, Asst. Dist. Attys., and Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner.

Richard G. Lindsley, Anchorage, for respondent Schmid.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, JJ.

BURKE, Justice.

OPINION

The State of Alaska, petitioner, seeks a writ of prohibition preventing the Honorable Seaborn J. Buckalew, Judge of the Superior Court, from sentencing David James Schmid on a pending drug charge. In the event that the petition is granted, the state further seeks assignment of another judge and asks for an order requiring that Schmid be given an opportunity to withdraw his plea of guilty to the charge.

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