A lawyer for the Kentucky sheriff who gunned down a judge in the judge’s chambers last month says the murder occured “in the heat of passion” and wasn’t planned. Defense attorney Jeremy Bartley didn’t say what Mickey Stines’ motive might have been for shooting District Judge Kevin Mullins on September 19. “We believe there had …
A Kentucky courtroom on Tuesday saw footage of a county sheriff gunning down a judge in his chambers earlier this month during a hearing to determine if enough evidence exists to send the case to a grand jury. Only about a minute of the video of the September 19 incident was shown, the Lexington. Herald-Examiner …
Arguing was heard in the late District Judge Kevin Mullins’s office moments before he was allegedly shot and killed by Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines Thursday. “We know that it was an argument between the two that led up – but what exactly transpired prior to the shots being fired, those are still things …
A Kentucky sheriff shot and killed a judge in his chambers at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg Thursday afternoon and then walked out and surrendered to police. The Mountain Eagle said the Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines came into Letcher District Judge Kevin D. Mullins’ outer office at about 3 p.m. amd told court …
