State v. Perry

OPINION

WADE, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, Jeffery L. Perry, was convicted in the second degree murder of his father, Leon Perry. The trial court sentenced the defendant, who qualified as a violent offender, to fifteen years imprisonment in a special needs facility. In this appeal of right, the defendant presents the following issues for review:

(I) whether the evidence is sufficient to support the conviction for second degree murder;

(II) whether the trial court erred by denying the defendant’s motion to suppress his custodial statement; and

(III) whether Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-11-501, the…