Evidence bombshell for Kentucky sheriff who shot judge in chambers in crime that shocked America

The defence squad representing a Kentucky sheriff who allegedly shot a justice successful his chambers past twelvemonth says they are reviewing 'voluminous' amounts of evidence. 

Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn 'Mickey' Stines was jailed aft the execution of Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, connected September 19. Stines was indicted by a expansive assemblage connected one number of execution of a nationalist official, to which helium pleaded not guilty.

The 44-year-old erstwhile sheriff's defence attorney, Jeremy Bartley, said successful a distant tribunal proceeding connected Friday that the defence is reviewing 'voluminous' amounts of imaginable grounds provided by prosecutors. 

Prosecutors whitethorn instrumentality different 4 to six months to amass each imaginable grounds and implicit immoderate investigating of it, according to authoritative Jackie Steele.

'We inactive person immoderate things coming successful and things being tested,' Steele said. 

Stines, who appeared remotely from jailhouse for Friday's video conference, showed nary emotion arsenic helium sat down his lawyers while his upcoming execution trial was discussed. 

Stines' attorneys besides indicated that they program to inquire that enslaved beryllium acceptable astatine different hearing, which is yet to scheduled. 

Circuit Court Judge Christopher Cohron, who was appointed past period arsenic peculiar justice successful the case, said helium would beryllium 'glad to code bond' then. 

Bartley said the substance of Stines' enslaved merchandise had been successful limbo until Cohron's assignment to the case. 

Stines, who was sheriff astatine the time, has been accused of fatally shooting Judge Mullins, who died astatine the scene. 

The incidental had been caught connected camera successful a video showing a man, identified arsenic Stines by authorities, pulling retired a weapon and shooting Mullins arsenic helium sat astatine his desk. 

The antheral past walked astir the table and fired the weapon again astatine Mullins who had fallen connected the floor.  

Stines allegedly entered the courthouse and told others helium needed to talk with Mullins alone. Once successful the chambers, the 2 began arguing and Mullins was changeable respective times, according to authorities. 

He was said to person surrendered to instrumentality enforcement and is being held successful a antithetic Kentucky County Jail. 

Stines stepped down from his presumption arsenic sheriff soon aft the incident. 

Just days anterior to the shooting, Stines had been deposed successful a abstracted national suit filed by Sabrina Adkins.

Judge Mullins had been accused by Adkins of inappropriate behaviour and claimed she had witnessed him engaging successful intersexual acts with women successful speech for peculiar treatment. 

The lawsuit, filed successful January 2022, claimed Mullins was progressive successful a sex-for-favors strategy wrong his chambers. 

Adkins besides alleged that erstwhile lawman Ben Fields was involved, having filmed illicit encounters, immoderate of which reportedly progressive Mullins. 

The disgraced sheriff was besides mentioned successful the ineligible proceedings conscionable 3 days earlier the shooting. 

Bartley referenced this lawsuit arsenic a imaginable origin successful Stines' actions, helium said: 'I deliberation the deposition has respective important roles successful this case... it's going to beryllium a ample information of the communicative we tell.' 

Stines had been a adjacent person to Mullins for astir 30 years, and the brace had adjacent been seen eating unneurotic astatine a section edifice for luncheon conscionable hours earlier the shooting. 

The alleged justice shooter could look the decease punishment if convicted. 

There has been nary notation of immoderate circumstantial grounds and constabulary person fixed nary authoritative motive for the shooting.