Inability of Sitting Judge to Proceed

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 he has familiarized himself with the record of the trial, may proceed with and finish the trial. NOTE: Section 90.34 is identical to former Rule 25(a). See also Fed. R. Crim. P. 25(a). Compare former § 1053 and Cal. Pen. Code § 1053. See generally 8 Moore, Federal Practice &&25.01-25.03 (1974); B. Witkin, California Criminal Procedure Trial § 266 (1963).