Ashland man found guilty of voluntary manslaughter to be sentenced Tuesday

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An Ashland man found guilty of voluntary manslaughter is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday morning.

Robin Morales-Sanchez, 22, was found guilty in July of voluntary manslaughter, two counts of armed criminal action and a count of first-degree assault.

He was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and two counts of armed criminal action. He is accused of killing Moises Hernandez-Sanchez by stabbing him several times in the torso at an Ashland home in 2021.

A jury recommended to the judge that Morales-Sanchez should be sentenced 50 years: 15 years for the manslaughter charge, 15 years for one of the armed criminal action charges, 10 years for first-degree assault and 10 years for the second armed criminal action charge.

Morales-Sanchez will be sentenced at 9 a.m. at the Boone County Courthouse.