Jarrett v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

The appellant, Jimmy Lee Jarrett, was convicted of first degree battery and rape of Earl Easom. The jury imposed consecutive sentences of twenty years and life imprisonment, respectively. Jarretts’ sole point of error on appeal is that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of prior bad acts. Finding no abuse of discretion by the trial court, we affirm the judgment.

Jarrett lived in Lawrence County with his wife, Mary Jarrett, and their two children, Joanna and Jimmy Joe. Also living in the home were Barbara Easom and her children, Earl and Lisa. The Easoms had begun…