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Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier, fileJudge Thomas Lindberg makes a point to defense and prosecuting attorneys in this file photo.

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In a rare move, the Yavapai County Attorney's Office filed a motion Friday asking that the judge hearing the Steven DeMocker capital murder case be removed, claiming an offhand remark that he made showed "undue or deep-seated favoritism toward the defendant."After listening to arguments, Presiding Judge Robert M. Brutinel denied that motion, allowing the May 4 trial to go forward.

April 3, 2010