Defense attorney says shooting case is a "complex" story. Former Letcher County sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines was denied bond at an arraignment hearing in the same courthouse where he is accused of shooting and killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in September.

A former Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a judge in his chambers entered a not guilty plea in court on Monday.

A former Kentucky county sheriff accused of fatally shooting a judge in his courthouse chambers in September has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder.

A former Kentucky sheriff charged in a judge’s shooting death has pleaded not guilty. Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines entered the plea Monday in the same Whitesburg courthouse where prosecutors say he killed District Judge Kevin Mullins in September.

As previously reported, a Letcher County Grand Jury indicted Stines last Thursday on a charge of Murder of a Public Official

LETCHER CO., Ky. (WYMT) - A former Eastern Kentucky sheriff accused of murdering a judge returned to court on Monday. Shawn “Mickey” Stines was indicted last week in the murder of District Judge Kevin Mullins. The former Letcher County sheriff entered a not-guilty plea and the judge did not consider bond.

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