A teenager charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of a woman reported to be his mother appeared in court Saturday.

An appeals court has reinstated a murder charge against a New York state trooper in the death of an 11-year-old girl during a high-speed chase.

A Kentucky sheriff faces murder charges in connection with the deadly shooting of a local judge in his chambers on Thursday afternoon. Authorities say Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, shot District Judge Kevin Mullins,

Kentucky State Police are searching for motive as they investigate the fatal shooting of a district judge by a sheriff after the two had an argument inside the judge’s chambers, according to police.

Matt Murphy, defense attorney and former homicide prosecutor, tells "Banfield" that anything is possible when it comes to prosecuting Sheriff Shawn M. Stines for the shooting death of District Judge Kevin Mullins.

The two men were seen getting ready to go to lunch on the day of the shooting. Hours later, Judge Kevin Mullins was dead from multiple gunshot wounds.

A Kentucky sheriff charged with fatally shooting a judge inside his chambers was accused of failing to investigate claims that a local deputy was sexually assaulting women under house arrest.

The sheriff charged with murder in the shooting of a rural Kentucky judge in his courthouse chambers was accused in a federal lawsuit of failing to investigate allegations that one of his deputies repeatedly sexually abused a woman in the same judge’s chambers.