UPDATE: Boone County Circuit Judge Joshua Calvin Devine has sentenced 22-year-old Robin Morales-Sanchez to 50 years in prison for the 2021 stabbing death of a fellow employee from Ashland’s Jose Jalapenos. Boone County assistant prosecutor Susan Boresi described the incident as an egregious killing, but defense attorneys say there was no intent to kill. They intend to appeal. 939 the Eagle News was in the courtroom for the emotional sentencing, and Morales-Sanchez cried during the sentencing.
HERE IS OUR ORIGINAL STORY FROM THIS MORNING:
Sentencing is set for Tuesday morning for an Ashland man convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the July 2021 stabbing death of a fellow employee from Ashland’s Jose Jalapenos.
22-year-old Robin Morales-Sanchez was originally charged with second degree murder and armed criminal action for the killing of 47-year-old Moises Hernandez-Sanchez, who was stabbed to death in a yard.
939 the Eagle News was in the courtroom for the July trial, and testimony indicated Hernandez-Sanchez was stabbed 22 times. A Boone County jury convicted Morales-Sanchez of voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action for the death of Hernandez-Sanchez, and they also convicted him of first degree assault and armed criminal action for the stabbing of another man that day.
Boone County assistant prosecutor Susan Boresi tells 939 the Eagle that she will be requesting a 50-year prison sentence this morning from Boone County Circuit Judge Joshua Calvin Devine. Morales-Sanchez’s attorney has suggested the incident was in self-defense.
Our news partner KMIZ’s Reagan Phillips reports testimony indicated that there was a dispute and a fight among employees at Jose Jalapenos after a July 2021 soccer game between the United States and Mexico. Morales-Sanchez was captured in Kansas in August 2021
