Source: New York Post
Originally Published by: Ex-sheriff's 'frivolous' insanity claim won't fly in judge's suspected murder Sheriff questioned by police moments after judge's fatal shooting Motive revealed in sheriff’s alleged killing of judge as expert analyzes new video The attorneys representing the former Letcher County, Kentucky sheriff who stands accused of murdering the county’s judge in his chambers have filed a new motion to have their client’s indictment dismissed, according to a report. Former sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines’ lawyers say the state failed to record a November 2024 meeting between state prosecutors and the Letcher County grand jury that eventually indicted Stines, according to a court filing obtained by KAVE. The filing says the grand jury was “deprived of information known to the Commonwealth [of Kentucky], sought in question by grand jurors, but not disclosed.
