California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. G.K. (In re G.K.), A156064 (Cal. App. 2020):
Minor attempts to avoid this procedural bar by labeling his bias claim against the judge as implicating his constitutional due process rights. Even assuming under certain circumstances a defendant may demonstrate constitutional grounds for waiting until an appeal to challenge a judge's disqualification order notwithstanding section 170.3, subdivision (d) (see People v. Peoples (2016) 62 Cal.4th 718, 787), minor has provided no such grounds here.
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