State v. Garrett

Arvin Junior Garrett, aka Jim Garrett, was jury-convicted of first degree murder and, in accordance with the verdict, was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Defendant’s utter disregard of the rules of the Supreme Court, V.A.M.R., relating to matters in the circuit court and in this court would justify a simple dispatch of the appeal for rule violations. Rule 27.20(a) mandates that “A motion for new trial shall be in writing and must set forth in detail and with particularity, in separate numbered paragraphs, the specific grounds or causes therefor.” As filed, the motion stated that defendant…