Airan Hernandez Mendez v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

RENDERED: DECEMBER 18, 2025 TO BE PUBLISHED Supreme Court of Kentucky 2024-SC-0501-MR AIRAN HERNANDEZ MENDEZ APPELLANT ON APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT V. HONORABLE TRACY E. DAVIS, JUDGE NO. 22-CR-001602 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE NICKELL AFFIRMING Airan Hernandez Mendez was convicted by a Jefferson County jury of three counts of sodomy in the first degree, two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, and a single count of distribution of obscene matter to a minor. He was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment and now appeals as a matter of…