New Mexico Constitution Article VI § 18 – Disqualification of judges or magistrates
No justice, judge or magistrate of any court shall, except by consent of all parties, sit in any cause in which either of the parties are related to him by affinity or consanguinity within the degree of first cousin, or in which he was counsel, or in the trial of which he presided in any inferior court, or in which he has an interest. (As amended November 8, 1966.)
Terms Used In New Mexico Constitution Article VI § 18 - Disqualification of judges or magistrates
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.