Raiantez Shackles v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

Issues include whether there was sufficient evidence to warrant a self-defense instruction; whether the lead detective’s testimony that a phone found at the scene belonged to defendant, based upon a phone number from a police report, was impermissible hearsay and violated defendant’s rights under the Confrontation Clause; whether the trial court erred when it permitted a crime victim to testify to safety concerns based on jailhouse phone calls defendant made after the charged offenses; and whether defendant’s penalty verdict and persistent felony offender convictions lacked unanimity because the trial court failed to give a written unanimous jury instruction. Oral arguments heard on June 11, 2025.