Rodriguez v. Cohen

OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Rodriguez v. Cohen, 658 So.2d 1049, 1049 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995), in which the district court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

WHETHER A CIRCUIT JUDGE MAY BE ASSIGNED ON A REGULAR BASIS TO PART-TIME DUTIES AS A COUNTY JUDGE, PRESIDING OVER MISDEMEANOR PROSECUTIONS, NOT ARISING OUT OF THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES AS A PENDING FELONY, INCIDENT TO THE OPERATION OF A DULY INSTITUTED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT.

We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed in Hols-*773man v. Cohen, 667 So.2d 769 (Fla.1996), we…