Legal Opinion
State v. Trusty
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 23, 2010No. M2008-02653-CCA-R3-CDPublishedCited by 16 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · GlennAlan E. Glenn, J.
in which DAVID H. WELLES and ROBERT W. WEDEMEYER, JJ., joined.
The defendant, Jeffery Boyd Trusty, was convicted by a Smith County jury of first degree premeditated murder, first degree felony murder, especially aggravated kidnapping, and theft of property over $1000. The trial court merged the two first degree murder convictions and sentenced the defendant to concurrent terms of life imprisonment for the first degree murder conviction, twenty-five years as a violent offender for the especially aggravated kidnapping conviction, and four years as a Range I offender for the theft of…
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