A. Except as otherwise provided for in this subsection, the term of office for Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals shall be six (6) years. The initial term of office for the Judge in Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 4, who shall be the Judge occupying the Court of Criminal Appeals Northern District on October 31, 1987, shall expire on the second Monday in January, 1989. The initial term of office for the Judge in Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 2, who shall be the Judge occupying the Court of Criminal Appeals Southern District on October 31, 1987, shall expire on the second Monday in January, 1991. The initial term of office for the Judge in Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 1, who shall be the Judge occupying the Court of Criminal Appeals Eastern District on October 31, 1987, shall expire on the second Monday in January, 1993. The Governor shall appoint a Judge for Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 5 whose initial term shall commence on the second Monday in January, 1989, and expire on the second Monday in January, 1995, and a Judge for Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 3 whose initial term shall commence on the second Monday in January, 1989, and expire on the second Monday in January, 1997.

B. The Court of Criminal Appeals shall organize at the first session following the second Monday in January next after each biennial election. The Judges shall choose from among their members a Presiding Judge and a Vice Presiding Judge who shall be Presiding Judge and Vice Presiding Judge of the said Court for the next two (2) years.

C. The organization of the Court of Criminal Appeals existing on October 31, 1987, shall continue until the second Monday in January, 1989.