LETHCHER COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – A Letcher County Circuit Court judge has denied multiple motions filed by former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines in his ongoing murder case, including a motion to dismiss the indictment and a motion to unseal a sealed Kentucky Psychiatric and Correctional Center (KCPC) evaluation, according to court records.

In a series of rulings entered Thursday, Special Judge Christopher T. Cohron denied Stines’ request to dismiss the indictment, which charges him with murder in the September 2024 shooting death of Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins. The court also denied Stines’ separate motion to unseal his KCPC mental health evaluation, finding the request was tied to arguments already rejected by the court.

According to the court’s find

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