In the Interest of D.S.

COBB, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This appeal comes from the dismissal of a petition charging D.S., a minor, with delinquency. The Coahoma County Youth Court, presided over by special judge Mills E. Barbee, appointed to hear the case due to the recusal of the regular youth court judge, concluded the youth court was without exclusive original jurisdiction to proceed on the charge filed against D.S. and dismissed without further elaboration. On appeal D.S. asserts that the judgment was erroneous because the charge filed against him, pursuant to the statutory rape statute, Miss.Code…