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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RICHARD LAWRENCE CANADA

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 24, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Patrick McNally, Nashville, Tennessee (on appeal) and Joshua T. Crain, Murfreesboro, Tennessee (at trial), for the appellant, Richard Lawrence Canada.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Caroline Weldon, Assistant Attorney General; Jennings H. Jones, District Attorney General; and Sarah Davis and Dana Minor, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Defendant, Richard Lawrence Canada, was convicted by a Rutherford County jury of eight counts of rape.1 The trial court sentenced Defendant to an effective eleven-year sentence to be served in confinement. Defendant appeals, arguing that the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions and that his sentence is excessive. Upon our review of the entire record, the briefs and arguments of the parties, and the applicable law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

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