Ex-Kentucky sheriff charged in judge’s killing battled jail staff days after shooting: court records
An old Kentucky sheriff Kill a district judge According to recent court documents, days after the shooting, he remained in a “active psychosis” and fought the prison staff who had to use the pepper spray.
Former Letcher County Sharif Shawn “Mickey” Stines was accused of killing the regional judge Kevin Mullins in his rooms about a year ago, and shocked the little Eastern Kentucky community who chose Stines twice as a sheriff. It was widely viewed Security Camera Images from Mullins Rooms It shows that a male policeman who is defined as Stines, who shows and shoots weapons to Mullins.
The former sheriff claimed that he was not guilty of the murder of a public official. Stines’ lawyers opened a transcript by a state police detective of the Great Jury statement this week with other documents.
Steines’ lawyers are trying to improve their mental assessment by state doctors. They claimed that Stines suffered from “extreme emotional discomfort” before shooting.
In a document written a few days after shooting, a social worker who met with Stines in prison, said that he had a “active psychosis” and did not understand the accusation of a crime against him. Steines, “Pepper Gas required warriors sections” were.
State Police Det. Clayton Stamper detailed the moments before and after September 19, this week before firing the major jury.
Shortly after the shooting, a deputy saw Stines walking on the street with a “empty look at his face” and ignored the questions of the deputy, Stamper told the big jury. The other two officers entered the courthouse and Stines was prepared to look for an active shooter when he walked right behind him and said to the officers, “Nobody else, I was,” Stamper said.
Stamper said he found Mullins with several firearms on the floor of the officers who responded to the shooting. Detective, Stines, a few minutes before the shooting of Mullins’in a few minutes before the Mullins Room showing that he wanted to leave the video, he said. Stamper shows that Stines got up from a chair to control a few doors, and then borrows the judge’s phone, Stam Stamper said.
Stamper said that Stines initially fired two shots to Mullins, reached around the table, made another shot, and then reached under the table and fired six more shots.
Stamper said that the police investigated whether there was any participation between Mullins and Stines’ family, including Mullins’ phone, but Stineses’ family members said that they could not find any evidence about any connection with the police Mullins and the police.
Stines resigned as a sheriff days after shooting and was imprisoned in Eastern Kentucky without a bond.
This week, prosecutors asked a judge to remove the hearing from the district that both Stines and Mullins were well -known public figures. Stines’ lawyers objected to the movement, arguing that he could still be a fair trial in his own district. The trial date was not determined.
