Procedimiento para cambiar de juez en un juicio

Explicación Simple

Si un juez no puede seguir en un juicio porque está enfermo o cree que no es justo, se busca otro juez para que lo reemplace. Esto asegura que el juicio sea justo y que alguien imparcial lo dirija.

Es como cuando en un partido de fútbol el árbitro se siente mal y debe ser reemplazado por otro. Así, el juego sigue sin problemas y se mantiene la justicia en el campo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que en un juicio, el juez Rodríguez se da cuenta de que conoce a una de las personas involucradas y decide que no es correcto continuar. Entonces, avisa al tribunal y un nuevo juez, la jueza Martínez, es llamada para tomar su lugar y asegurarse de que el juicio sea justo.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 19.2-153 - When judge cannot sit on trial; how another judge procured to try the case. When the judge of a circuit court in which a prosecution is pending is connected with the accused or party injured, or is so situated in respect to the case as in his opinion to render it improper that he should preside at the trial, or if he has rejected a plea bargain agreement submitted by both parties and the parties do not agree that he may hear the case, he shall enter the fact of record and the clerk of the court shall at once certify this fact to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and thereupon another judge shall be appointed, in the manner prescribed by § 17.1-105 , to preside at the trial. Code 1950, § 19.1-7; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1984, c. 585; 1985, c. 253. Va. Code § 19.2-154 - Death or disability of judge during trial; how another judge procured to continue with trial. If by reason of death, sickness or other disability the judge who presided at a criminal jury trial is unable to proceed with and finish the trial, another judge of that court or a judge designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or by a justice designated by him for that purpose, may proceed with and finish the trial or, in his discretion, may grant and preside at a new trial. If by reason of such disability, the judge who presided at any trial is unable to perform the duties to be performed by the court after a finding of guilty by the jury or the court, another judge of that court, or a judge designated as provided in the preceding sentence, may perform those duties or, in his discretion, may grant and preside at a new trial. Before proceeding with the trial or performing such duties, such judge shall certify that he has familiarized himself with the record of the tria