A grand jury returned a crime cost Thursday against a former , Eastern Kentucky , deputy accused of shooting and killing a district judge in the jury’s court business.
The indictment accuses Shawn” Mickey” Stines, then-sheriff of , Letcher County, of killing and killing , Judge , Kevin Mullins , inside Mullins ‘ business on , Sept. 19.
The attorney, Commonwealth’s Attorney , Jackie Steele, said after the prosecution was returned that he could never post on an alleged purpose in the crime, though police said earlier that Stines and Mullins had argued just before the shooting.
Judge Julia H. Adams received the indictment and scheduled Stines ‘ arraignment for next Monday afternoon, with about 15 friends and family members of the murdered judge present in the court on Thursday evening.
Steele stated during the brief hearing on Thursday that he continues to resist any relationship for Stines, who has been detained without bail since the shooting.
If Stines you post it, Adams said she would like to set him a relationship, which would allow him to remain unmarried until trial is over.
Adams said the number may be significant, yet.
Thursday’s prosecution was not surprising, as the filming was  , captured on video, but it was the second step required for prosecuting Stines.
Stines, 43, surrendered to another authorities soon after the killing and was initially , charged with murder , in district court. He has since been imprisoned, and he retired as deputy less than two months after the killing.
The judge turned aside from Stines and hunkered over in a protective place after Stines pointed his gun at Mullins, as if to ward off the risk, according to the picture of the firing. That’s when Stines shot him the first time, sending Mullins falling to the floor.
Stines therefore turned to look at Mullins from the other side of the desk. According to the picture, the judge raised his head before ducking behind a desk for cover and getting shot once more by Mullins.
Stines rapidly approached the door and opened it, before turning to Mullins, who appeared to be moving also. stines fired once more before turning and leaving.
The 24-second film picture had no audio in it.
At an , Oct. 1 , hearing in the case,  , Clayton Stamper, a policeman with the , Kentucky State Police, testified that Stines tried to call his daughter on Mullins ‘ mobile and on his own cellphone just before the shooting.
After taking Mullins ‘ phone, Stamper claimed that Stines shot him in the jury’s office and then rose from his chair.
Steele said he was unable to comment on the grand jury’s testimony, including whether the film was seen by the screen.
If Stines is found guilty because Mullins worked in the government, the offense may be eligible for the death sentence.
Steele, who is prosecuting the case with Attorney General , Russell Coleman ‘s , office, said there had been no decision yet on whether to seek the death penalty against Stines if he is convicted.
But, Stines ‘ lawyer,  , Jeremy Bartley, has said that he does no think the murder is the appropriate command in the case.
Bartley said at the , Oct. 1 , hearing that the information offered there pointed to the firing as being an act of “extreme personal disturbance” in response to things Stines had seen on Mullins ‘ phone.
At the hear, nothing about what was on the telephone was revealed.
If a jury decided Stines acted out of extreme emotional disturbance, he could n’t be , convicted of murder, but rather first-degree manslaughter or a lesser crime. In that circumstance, the death sentence would not be an alternative.
Letcher County , is a remote, mountain region in the southeast part of Kentucky, on the , Virginia , borders. It’s about 150 kilometers from , Lexington.
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