is demonstrated by the fact that Judge Marx had previously heard "half a dozen" cases in Box Elder County under color of authority as a temporary justice court judge without objection. See Menzies, 845 P.2d at 226 (requiring "public acquiescence" in acts of de facto official); Vance, 671 P.2d at 131 n. 5 (defining a de facto officer as one who acts "under such cireumstances of reputation or acquiescence as were calculated to induce people, without inquiry, to submit to or invoke his action" (internal quotation marks omitted)). Nevertheless, Mr. Pett argues that he did not personally acquiesce to Judge Marx's appointment and instead "objected to [Judge] Marx's authority to act as a justice court judge in this case as soon as [Judge] Marx was appointed." Cf. Menzies, 845 P.2d at 228 (<HOLDING>); Vance, 671 P.2d at 1831 & n. 6 (noting that
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 holding that the county attorney had de facto authority and noting that the objection to the county attorneys authority was first made on appeal holding that where defense counsel made a timely objection and it was overruled by the trial court a further request for a mistrial was unnecessary and futile since the reasons for the objection were apparent and the trial courts denial of the objection indicated its belief the jury could properly hear the matter which was the subject of the objection holding that a court reporter had de facto authority and noting that the objection to the reporters qualifications was first made after the jury rendered its verdict recognizing that a trial court has the authority before accepting a verdict and before discharging a jury to send the jury back to correct a mistake in its verdict but concluding that jury had been discharged because jury was allowed to return to court on following day and was allowed to deliberate same issue it previously had decided