Friday, January 29, 2010
Not Guilty Plea In Doctor's Shooting
KENTUCKY...
A Knott County man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Dr. Dennis Sandlin in December entered a not guilty plea this week. John C. Combs, 46, of Red Fox, entered the plea before special Judge John David Caudill in Perry Circuit Court. Combs was indicted in January on charges of murder, burglary, tampering with physical evidence, and terroristic threatening. Police say Combs entered the Leatherwood-Blackey Clinic on December 8 and gunned down Dr. Sandlin after he was denied prescription medication. Police said Combs had been to the clinic earlier in the day and had become irate when he was asked to submit to a urine test as a requirement to obtain the medication. Judge Caudill also granted a defense request to have Combs evaluated for mental competency. Combs is currently being lodged in the Kentucky River Regional Jail in Hazard under a $10,050,000 cash bond.
A Knott County man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Dr. Dennis Sandlin in December entered a not guilty plea this week. John C. Combs, 46, of Red Fox, entered the plea before special Judge John David Caudill in Perry Circuit Court. Combs was indicted in January on charges of murder, burglary, tampering with physical evidence, and terroristic threatening. Police say Combs entered the Leatherwood-Blackey Clinic on December 8 and gunned down Dr. Sandlin after he was denied prescription medication. Police said Combs had been to the clinic earlier in the day and had become irate when he was asked to submit to a urine test as a requirement to obtain the medication. Judge Caudill also granted a defense request to have Combs evaluated for mental competency. Combs is currently being lodged in the Kentucky River Regional Jail in Hazard under a $10,050,000 cash bond.
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