Sorry for the techno-SNAFU-- I think there are two real tragedies here-- the obvious murder of a young father, and the fact that someone who was obviously ill did not receive the treatment they so desperately needed. A state appeals court on Thursday upheld the murder conviction of an uncle to country singer Tim McGraw for killing a Vallejo neighbor. Dennis McGraw, 47, who also is the brother of onetime New York Mets baseball star Tug McGraw, was sentenced to life in prison for killing neighbor Jason Garfield, 31, on July 13, 2002. Garfield was shot three times outside 522 El Dorado St. Vallejo police officer Les Bottomley saw McGraw fire into Garfield's body as he lay on the street and arrested McGraw after a violent struggle, police said. Justice Lawrence Stevens rejected a number of procedural issues raised by McGraw, saying there was "no question" that McGraw was the shooter. Page B - 5 URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/09/03/BAEBDIGEST4.DTL