A Death Row inmate had a hearing in Chattooga County Court Monday morning.

Jonathan Jarrells is accused of a 1988 murder in Chattooga County in which he beat a woman to death with an iron, and also beat her sister, according to District Attorney Buzz Franklin. The sister was not killed. Jarrells' received a death sentence for that murder.

Jarrells is appealing the conviction saying that he is mentally retarted and cannot be executed under Georgia Law. Monday's hearing, which lasted about 15 minutes, was to determine that Jarrells had proper representation. 

The next step, according to Franklin, is for Jarrells' attorney to file motions and then to set another hearing. Jarrells is being housed in Jackson, Georgia.