LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines appeared in court on Friday.

Video shows Stines shooting Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins -- inside Mullins’ chambers last September. Stines was later indicted for murder.

His defense filed a motion to dismiss the indictment and a motion for bond.

Both came up during the hearing.

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WKYT’s Phil Pendleton was at the hearing, and we’ll have more later today.

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