Overview
- The defence has filed a 104‑page appeal at the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Extremadura asking for the Audiencia Provincial de Badajoz sentence to be annulled and for David Sánchez to be acquitted.
- A provincial court found Sánchez guilty of administrative prevaricación and imposed nine years of inhabilitación while it unanimously rejected the related charge of tráfico de influencias.
- Lawyers argue the investigation violated fundamental rights, citing breaches of the presumption of innocence, judicial protection, privacy and the secrecy of communications.
- The appeal specifically contests the UCO orders from July 2024 that allowed wide seizures of corporate emails and says those measures were disproportionate and amounted to a ‘fishing’ investigation.
- If the higher court upholds the defence’s claims it could void key evidence, erase the inhabilitación that bars public‑office service, and shape future limits on anti‑corruption email seizures in Spain.