175.091 - Disability of judge during trial. - Nevada Statutes

175.091  Disability of judge during trial.  If by reason of death, sickness or other disability the judge before whom a jury trial has commenced is unable to proceed with the trial, any other judge regularly sitting in or assigned to the court, upon certifying that the judge has familiarized himself or herself with the record of the trial, may proceed with and finish the trial.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1425)

      NRS 175.101  Disability of judge after verdict or finding of guilty or guilty but mentally ill.  If by reason of absence from the judicial district, death, sickness or other disability the judge before whom the defendant has been tried is unable to perform the duties to be performed by the court after a verdict or finding of guilty or guilty but mentally ill, any other judge regularly sitting in or assigned to the court may perform those duties, but if such other judge is satisfied that he or she cannot perform those duties because he or she did not preside at the trial or for any other reason, the judge may in his or her discretion grant a new trial.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1425; A 2007, 1410)