UPDATE: March 14 at 2:30 p.m.
A filed court document entered on Friday read that a judge has approved the motion by the Commonwealth of Kentucky to have Former Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines examined at the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center.
The document detailed that at least one psychologist or psychiatrist at the center "shall examine, treat (when applicable) and report on the defendant's mental health."
Further the document reads that the examination will assess whether Stines, "meets the criteria of 'insanity'...," along with assess if Stines, "suffers, or has suffered, from a mental disease or defect or any other mental condition that bears on the issues of guilt or punishment."
UPDATE: March 12 at 11:30 a.m.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky has moved to have Former Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines examined at the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center, according to a motion filed on March 10.
The motion, signed by the assistant attorney general and the commonwealth's attorney for the 27th Judicial Circuit, states that the commonwealth has "no objection to the defendant's request to have the defense expert present as an observer during the evaluation of the defendant at KCPS."
Original Story:
A document filed in court by the attorney of Former Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines states that he intends to present evidence for an insanity defense.
According to the document, Stines "intends to present expert relating to a mental disease or defect or mental condition bearing on the issue of guilt and punishment."
Stines has been charged with the murder of District Judge Kevin Mullins in September 2024. Stines went on to plead not guilty.
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY LETCHER CIRCUIT COURT by LEX18News on Scribd
