The last time he was in a courthouse, he fatally shot a judge, investigators say. On Tuesday, a former Kentucky sheriff will be in a different courthouse to hear the evidence against him.

At a preliminary hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 1, Kentucky State Police Detective Clayton Stamper testified that former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines, 43, attempted to call his daughter on his own phone and then on 54-year-old District Judge Kevin Mullins’ phone prior to the shooting, The Associated Press reported.