Legal Opinion
Payne v. Warden of Powhatan Correctional Center
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 22, 1982No. Record No. 801541PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRISON, R.J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
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 of prostitution. Payne v. Commonwealth, 220 Va. 601, 260 S.E.2d 247 (1979). Payne filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Webb v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
- Waye v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979
- Payne v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979
- Jones v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
- Raymond Bradley Nottingham, Jr. v. Robert F. Zahradnick, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Hughes v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2002
- James Arthur Price, Jr. v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997
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