§ 1193 Accusation against district attorney.

If someone brings a formal accusation against a district attorney, that district attorney obviously can't be the one to handle the case against himself. So the judge steps in to make sure the matter gets handled fairly.

Here's how it works: the judge takes the accusation and gives it to the court clerk. The clerk then hands it off to another person the judge has picked to act as the prosecutor for this specific case. That specially appointed person now has full authority to handle the case, just like a regular prosecutor would.

This process exists to avoid an obvious conflict of interest. It keeps the district attorney from being in charge of investigating or prosecuting a case that involves accusations against himself.