JENKINS, Ky. — A Kentucky judge who authorities said was fatally shot by a sheriff last week was remembered Sunday as a pioneer who fought opioid addiction and favored treatment over jail for low-level drug offenders.
Kentucky State Police said the shooting appears to have followed an argument.
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He was first appointed in 2009 to fill a judicial vacancy and served as a District Court judge for 14 years, the obituary said.
At the service, District Judge James Craft told a story about a trip he and Mullins took to New York City years ago.
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