State of Tennessee v. Richard Lawrence Canada

Tennessee Court of Appeals (panel) · January 14, 2026

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Presiding judge Robert Holloway introduced the panel: Judge Tim Easter (to his right) and Judge Jill Ayers (to his left), and announced the court would hear four cases that afternoon.

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Oral arguments were heard before a three-judge Tennessee panel in the appeal of Richard Kennedy, challenging the sufficiency of evidence for sexual offenses and an 11-year sentence, with counsel disputing whether the encounter shown on video demonstrated consent or a fraud-based inducement and the court taking the matter under advisement.

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