Garrett v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

In 1981 Howard Dennis Garrett was charged with first degree battery of Diane Burr, a class B felony. His father, Charles Garrett, posted a $50,000 appearance bond to obtain Dennis Garrett’s release pending trial. The bond was secured by a mortgage from Charles and Ruth Garrett on 214 acres of land in Benton County.

In 1982 Dennis Garrett was tried, convicted and sentenced to ten years in the Department of Correction. Garrett remained on the same bond pending appeal. The judgment of conviction was reversed and the case remanded for a new trial. Garrett was again convicted,…