Raiantez Shackles v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

Summary

The court affirmed Shackles's convictions and forty-five-year sentence. It held that the trial court properly denied a self-defense instruction because the evidence did not show that Shackles acted in response to unlawful force, and it upheld the challenged evidentiary rulings, wanton-endangerment verdicts, and sentencing proceedings. The court found one hearsay error involving testimony about a phone-number database, but concluded that the error was harmless.