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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- A Fayette County judge has signed off on having a former state lawmaker charged with killing his ex-girlfriend undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
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District Judge Julie Muth Goodman also said during a hearing Tuesday that former state Rep. Steve Nunn would not be required to submit to a DNA test at this time. Nunn did not appear at the hearing.
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His lawyer, Astrida Lemkins, did not elaborate on her motion for the psychiatric evaluation.
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Nunn has pleaded not guilty to the Sept. 11 shooting death of 29-year-old Amanda Ross outside her Lexington home. Nunn, a former gubernatorial hopeful, was arrested at a Hart County cemetery the day of Ross' death. Police found him with apparent with self-inflicted wounds.
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Supporters of Ross attended the hearing wearing badges with her picture.
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