Opinion No.

David L. Gibbons, Prosecuting Attorney Fifth Judicial District P.O. Box 3080 Russellville, AR 72811

Dear Mr. Gibbons:

You have requested an Attorney General opinion concerning a vacancy caused by the resignation of a municipal judge prior to the expiration of his term.

You indicate that the municipal judge in question was elected for a four-year term that expires on December 31, 2002. This judge was also elected in the 2000 primary to fill a newly created circuit/chancery judgeship in the fifth Judicial District of Arkansas. He is unopposed in the general election and will presumably take office…