SANCHEZ V. COMMONWEALTH
Annotate this CaseIn the case at hand, Jose Sanchez was convicted of five counts of first-degree rape and four counts of third-degree rape. The Supreme Court of Kentucky affirmed these convictions, holding that the text messages and videos were properly authenticated. The court also found that Sanchez was not entitled to a missing evidence instruction regarding his cellphone, as the data extracted from it was preserved, and the phone itself contained no evidence. However, the court reversed and vacated the trial court's imposition of public defender fees against Sanchez, ruling that the imposition of public defender fees was an error as the trial court failed to hold a hearing and determine that Sanchez should not continue to be considered an indigent person. The court also held that the cumulative error did not occur in this case.
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