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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 495 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1395329,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351313,"identifier":"19.2-154","token":"19.2\/10\/1\/19.2-154","url":"\/19.2-154\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-154\/","token":"19.2\/10\/1\/19.2-154","dublin_core":{"Title":"Death or disability of judge during trial; how another judge procured to continue with trial","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-154","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If by reason of death, sickness or other disability the judge<\/span> who presided at a criminal jury trial<\/span> is unable to proceed with and finish the trial, another judge<\/span> of that court<\/span> or a judge<\/span> designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court<\/span> 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<\/span> who presided at any trial is unable to perform the duties to be performed by the court<\/span> after a finding<\/span> of guilty by the jury or the court<\/span>, another judge<\/span> of that court<\/span>, or a judge<\/span> 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<\/span> shall certify that he has familiarized himself with the record of the trial.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEATH OR DISABILITY OF JUDGE DURING TRIAL; HOW ANOTHER JUDGE PROCURED TO\nCONTINUE WITH TRIAL (\u00a7 19.2-154)\n\nIf by reason of death, sickness or other disability the judge who presided at a\ncriminal jury trial is unable to proceed with and finish the trial, another\njudge of that court or a judge designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme\nCourt or by a justice designated by him for that purpose, may proceed with and\nfinish the trial or, in his discretion, may grant and preside at a new trial. If\nby reason of such disability, the judge who presided at any trial is unable to\nperform the duties to be performed by the court after a finding of guilty by the\njury or the court, another judge of that court, or a judge designated as\nprovided in the preceding sentence, may perform those duties or, in his\ndiscretion, may grant and preside at a new trial. Before proceeding with the\ntrial or performing such duties, such judge shall certify that he has\nfamiliarized himself with the record of the trial.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 495.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}