Beatty v. Alston

Crim. R. 25(B) provides:

“If for any reason the judge before whom the defendant has been tried1 is unable to perform the duties of the court after a verdict or finding of guilt, another judge designated by the administrative judge, or, in the case of a single-judge division, by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, may perform those duties. If such other judge is satisfied that he cannot perform those duties because he did not preside at the trial, he may in his discretion grant a new trial.”

This rule inferentially commands that unless unable to do so, the judge who presided at a…