SHERIFF'S LAWYER PUSHES MOTIVE FOR JUDGE'S MURDER

KENTUCKY Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines was acting "in the heat of passion" when he allegedly pumped eight bullets into his friend Judge Kevin Mullins at the Letcher County Courthouse, according to the accused killer's lawyer.

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Defense attorney Jeremy Bartley claims the shocking shooting that rocked the tiny town of Whitesburg was "not something that was planned." Stines, 43, has resigned and pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of his longtime buddy Mullins, 54, whose assassination was captured on security foota