ALBERTIS S. HARRISON, Jr., Retired Justice.
The issue in this case is whether a preliminary hearing in a juvenile and domestic relations district court is jurisdictionally required when an adult, charged with offenses committed against a juvenile, is directly indicted by the grand jury.
Marcus Albert Payne is presently confined in the penitentiary, serving sentences imposed for rape, sodomy, and abduction of a female under sixteen years of age for purposes...
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