Former Kentucky Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines was indicted Thursday in the shooting death of a judge in his chambers.

A former Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a judge in his chambers entered a not guilty plea in court on Monday.

A former Kentucky sheriff charged in a judge’s shooting death has pleaded not guilty. Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines entered the plea Monday in the same Whitesburg courthouse where prosecutors say he killed District Judge Kevin Mullins in September.

As previously reported, a Letcher County Grand Jury indicted Stines last Thursday on a charge of Murder of a Public Official

By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Attorney General Russell Coleman and Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 27th Judicial Circuit Jackie Steele announced last week that action by their joint prosecution resulted in the indictment of former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines,

Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines was indicted on Thursday for the alleged murder of Letcher County District County Judge Kevin Mullins on Sept. 19.

A former Kentucky county sheriff accused of fatally shooting a judge in his courthouse chambers in September has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder.

More than two months after the fatal shooting of Letcher County Judge Kevin Mullins, ex-Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines was back in court Monday.

Sources tell NewsNation that Stines and his wife "had some sort of a dispute" the night before he fatally shot Mullins.