The attorney for Shawn "Mickey" Stines, former sheriff of Letcher County, Kentucky, plans to use an insanity defense in alleged murder of District Judge Kevin Mullins.

Stines is accused of shooting and killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge's chambers inside the Letcher County Courthouse on Sept. 19, 2024, in an attack that was captured on ...

Stines is accused of killing 54-year-old District Judge Kevin Mullins after an argument in the judge’s chambers in the city of Whitesburg on Thursday, Sept. 19.

A Kentucky judge who authorities said was fatally shot by a sheriff last week was remembered Sunday as a pioneer who fought opioid addiction and favored treatment over jail for low-level drug ...

The rural Kentucky sheriff charged with gunning down his longtime judge pal in his chambers is planning to offer an insanity defense at his trial, according to legal papers.. Now-former Lester ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The former Letcher County sheriff accused of killing a Kentucky district judge plans to present a case for an insanity defense. That's according to a new court filing by ...