Payret v. Adams, 500 So.2d 136 (1986) 12 Fla. L. Weekly 13 Atty. of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, amicus curiae. 500 So.2d 1,36 Supreme Court of Florida. Manuel Esteban PAYRET, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Don T. ADAMS, As Acting Circuit Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Respondent. No. 67739. I Dec. 24, 1986. Petition was filed for writ of prohibition from the Circuit Court, Palm Beach County, alleging that county judge was without jurisdiction to act as circuit court judge. The District Court of Appeal, 475 So.2d 300, certified a question. The Supreme Court, Ehrlich, J., held that county judge could not be indefinitely assigned circuit court duties in specially created jury district. Question answered in negative. Overton, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which McDonald, C.J., concurred. West Headnotes (I) 1 Courts 4$,Designation or Assignment of Judges County judge could not be indefinitely assigned circuit court duties in specially created jury district given constitutional article mandating that circuit court judges be elected by vote of qualified electors within territorial jurisdiction of court and article providing that when vacancy on circuit court occurs, governor shall appoint judge to fill that vacancy. West's F.S.A. Const. Art. 5, §§ 10(b), 11(b). 13 Cases that cite this headnote Attorneys and Law Firms *137 Nelson E. Bailey, West Palm Beach, for petitioner. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Robert L. Teitler, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent. David H. Bludworth, State Atty., and Maureen H. Ackerman, Asst. State Atty., West Palm Beach, for State Opinion EHRLICH, Justice. We have for our review Payret v. Adams, 475 So.2d 300 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985), wherein the district court certified the following question of great public importance: MAY A COUNTY JUDGE BE INDEFINITELY ASSIGNED CIRCUIT COURT DUTIES IN A SPECIALLY CREATED JURY DISTRICT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT? We have