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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT NASHVILLE
Assigned on Briefs May 1, 2012

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JEFFREY SCOTT PETTY
D irect A ppeal from the Circuit Court for D ickson County
N o. CR8703 R obert E. Burch, Judge

N o. M 2009-01621-C C A -R 3-CD -Filed February 12, 2013
The D efendant-Appellant, Jeffrey Scott Petty, was convicted by a Dickson C ounty Circuit Court jury of first degree felony murder and arson and w as sentenced to consecutive sentences of life imprisonment and five years, respectively. O n appeal, Petty argues that the trial court committed plain error by instructing the jury that his statement to law enforcement w as a confession rather than an admission against interest. Upon review , w e affirm the judgments of the trial court.
Tenn. R. App. P. 3 A ppeal as of R ight; Judgm ents of the C ircuit C ourt Affirm ed
CAMILLE R. MCMULLEN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in w hich ROBERT W . WEDEMEYER and D. KELLY THOMAS, JR., JJ., joined.
Robert B rooks, M emphis, Tennessee (on appeal); W illiam (Jake) Bradley Lockert, III, D istrict Public Defender; Dawn S. K avanagh, A ssistant Public Defender; and R honda R . Crabtree, A shland City, Tennessee (at trial), for the D efendant-Appellant, Jeffrey Scott Petty.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney G eneral and Reporter; M eredith D evault, Senior Counsel; D an M itchum Alsobrooks, District Attorney General; Carey J. Thompson and W . R ay Crouch, Jr., A ssistant District Attorneys General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.
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O n June 30, 2006, a body was discovered in a burning trailer located at 1208 W olf Branch Road, V anleer, Tennessee. The body of the victim was later identified as K enneth Brake. An expert determined that the victim

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