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Ex-Sheriff Shawn Stines Pleads Not Guilty to Murder of Judge Kevin Mullins

Nov 25, 2024, 08:07 PM

Former Kentucky sheriff Shawn 'Mickey' Stines has been indicted for murder in the fatal shooting of District Judge Kevin Mullins in September. Stines is accused of gunning down Judge Mullins at point-blank range in his chambers at the Letcher County courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky, on September 19, an incident that was captured on video. On Monday, Stines appeared in court for an arraignment, where an attorney entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. The proceeding, held in the same courthouse where the shooting occurred, took place before a packed courtroom, marking his first return to the site since the incident.