19.2-153 - When judge cannot sit on trial; how another judge procured to try the case. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-153. When judge cannot sit on trial; how another judge procured to trythe case.

When the judge of a circuit court in which a prosecution is pending isconnected with the accused or party injured, or is so situated in respect tothe case as in his opinion to render it improper that he should preside atthe trial, or if he has rejected a plea bargain agreement submitted by bothparties and the parties do not agree that he may hear the case, he shallenter the fact of record and the clerk of the court shall at once certifythis fact to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and thereupon anotherjudge shall be appointed, in the manner prescribed by § 17.1-105, to presideat the trial.

(Code 1950, § 19.1-7; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1984, c. 585; 1985, c. 253.)