LETCHER COUNTY SHERIFF SHAWN “MICKEY” STINES HAD HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE YESTERDAY MORNING……FOLLOWING HIS ARREST FOR LAST
WEEK’S SHOOTING DEATH OF LETCHER DISTRICT JUDGE KEVIN MULLINS….
STINES…..WHO IS BEING HELD IN ANOTHER COUNTY……HAD A VIRTUAL ARRAIGNMENT BEFORE A CARTER DISTRICT JUDGE ON A CHARGE OF MURDER IN THE
FIRST DEGREE…..AND A NOT GUILTY PLEA WAS ENTERED ON HIS BEHALF SINCE YOU CAN’T PLEAD GUILTY TO A FELONY IN DISTRICT COURT…..
THE NEXT SCHEDULED COURT APPEARANCE FOR STINES WILL BE FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON…..AT WHICH TIME THE JUDGE WILL
DETERMINEIF THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE FOR THE CASE TO BE BOUND OVER TO A GRAND JURY……
