Counsel for a former Kentucky sheriff who has been accused of fatally shooting Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins has filed a notification that they are preparing to use an insanity defense.

Though Carly’s legal team has not utilized the insanity defense as of publication, a mental health evaluation would likely ...

IN a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that litigants claiming insanity as defense need not document their history of mental illness. The Supreme Court's Third Division, in a decision penned ...

Attorneys for Stines wrote in a motion earlier this month that they plan to present evidence that the ex-lawman suffered from insanity and “extreme emotional disturbance” at the time he ...