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The relationship between Judge Mullins, 54, and Stines, 43, was widely known to be close, and the two even had lunch together hours before the attack on September 19, 2024.
Mullins then won the election the following year and had been re-elected since. [1] Before becoming a district judge, he had served as an assistant commonwealth's attorney in Letcher County, starting in 2001. Mullins was a native of Pikeville and a graduate of the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville School of Law. [2] [3]
Hundreds of mourners, including a procession of black-robed judges, filed into the Jenkins High School auditorium to pay their respects to District Judge Kevin R. Mullins, 54.
Mullins, the district judge of the 47th Judicial District which presides over Letcher County, was appointed to the position in 2009 by former Gov. Steve Beshear, according to an archived article ...
Tuesday’s hearing took place in West Liberty, Kentucky, nearly 100 miles from the Letcher County Courthouse where Mullins was killed. The state appointed a special judge to preside over the case ...
The preliminary investigation indicates that Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines shot District Judge Kevin Mullins multiple times on Thursday following an argument inside the courthouse, according to Kentucky State Police. Mullins, who held the judgeship for 15 years, died at the scene, and Stines surrendered without incident.
Mullins served as a district judge in Letcher County since he was appointed by former Gov. Steve Beshear in 2009. He spent the previous decade as an assistant commonwealth attorney, WKYT reported.
District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was found around 3 p.m. Thursday with gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the Letcher County courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky State Police Trooper Matt ...