Garnett v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to first-degree felony murder and aggravated burglary. Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder charge. Defendant did not appeal his conviction. Instead, Defendant filed several motions and petitions concerning his conviction and sentence, to no avail. Here Defendant filed a number of motions challenging his sentence, claiming that it was illegal because in 2013 he was transferred from Wyoming to Virginia to serve out his sentence. The district court denied Defendant’s motions. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that because Defendant challenged the way in which the State executed his sentences, rather than the legality of his sentences, his transfer to Virginia did not constitute an illegal sentence.
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