context: Nevertheless, Judge Marx's authority was void only "because there was a want of power in the ... appointing body," see id. at 854 (internal quotation marks omitted). Thus, he may qualify as a de facto judge, thereby ratifying his acts prior to his official appointment, if there was "public acquiescence in the authority."
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that for an individual to be a de facto official the community must acquiesce accordingly
citation_a.sentence: State v. Menzies, 845 P.2d 220, 226 (Utah 1992) (holding that a court reporter was a de facto official where she "assumed authority ... under col- or of a valid appointment, and the public acquiesced in her authority"); see also Vance, 671 P.2d at 131 & n. 5 (holding that for an individual to be a de facto official the community must acquiesce accordingly); State v. Gambrell, 814 P.2d 1136, 1139 (Utah Ct.App.1991) ("[The acts of one who assumes official authority and exercises duties under color of a valid appointment or election are valid where the community acquiesces to his authority.").
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 845 P.2d 220, 226
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that a court reporter was a de facto official where she "assumed authority ... under col- or of a valid appointment, and the public acquiesced in her authority"
citation_b.sentence: State v. Menzies, 845 P.2d 220, 226 (Utah 1992) (holding that a court reporter was a de facto official where she "assumed authority ... under col- or of a valid appointment, and the public acquiesced in her authority"); see also Vance, 671 P.2d at 131 & n. 5 (holding that for an individual to be a de facto official the community must acquiesce accordingly); State v. Gambrell, 814 P.2d 1136, 1139 (Utah Ct.App.1991) ("[The acts of one who assumes official authority and exercises duties under color of a valid appointment or election are valid where the community acquiesces to his authority.").