New Mexico Court of Appeals February 18, 1986, No. 8410 (Pritchard v. Halliburton Services)

OPINION

BIVINS, Judge.

This appeal raises the question of whether a successor judge may sign and file findings of fact and conclusions of law prepared by the predecessor judge who heard the case but who left the bench before signing and entering a decision. We hold that he may not, and remand for a new trial.