DISTRICT ATTORNEY, STEPHANIE VETTENBERG-SHAFFER, IS ASKING THE STATE SUPERIOR COURT TO REVIEW A JUDGE’S APPOINTMENT TO A DEATH PENALTY CASE.  THE CASE INVOLVES TYLER PRESCOTT AND THE ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT AND MURDER OF HIS 2-YEAR-OLD SON.  VETTENBERG-SHAFFER CITES SEALED DEFENSE FILINGS AND PROCEEDINGS HELD WITHOUT THE PROSECUTION PRESENT IN HER APPEAL.  SHE ALLEGES THAT ONE OF THOSE HEARINGS WAS SCHEDULED WITHOUT NOTICE AND THAT STEPS WERE TAKEN TO KEEP HER FROM LEARNING IT WAS TAKING PLACE.  SHE HAS ASKED THAT THE JUDGE, NORMAN KRUMENACKER THE THIRD, RECUSE HIMSELF DUE TO THESE ALLEGED INCIDENTS, WHICH HE HAS DENIED.