Garmon v. State

PAYNE, J.,

for the Court:

PROCEDURAL POSTURE AND ISSUES PRESENTED

¶ 1. Larry Garmon, after a jury trial, was found guilty of one count of burglary. The Lee County Circuit Court, the Honorable Thomas J. Gardner, III presiding, sentenced Garmon to serve a term of twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. After unsuccessfully pursuing his motion for JNOV, Garmon perfected this appeal, raising the following two issues for our consideration

I. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ALLOWING LILLIAN TROTTER TO TESTIFY TO ALLEGED HEARSAY STATEMENTS?

II. WHETHER THE TRIAL…