by JOYAL FRAZIER
Staff Writer

PRESTONSBURG — Cheryl Lynn Kinslow was back in court Friday asking Judge John David Caudill to reduce her bond.
Kinslow, 56, was arraigned on one charge of criminal solicitation to commit murder, a class B felony punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison, after she allegedly tried to hire an undercover police officer to murder her son-in-law.
Kinslow’s attorney, David Tapp, asked Judge Caudill for a reduction in bail and asked that she be able to placed under home incarceration in Eubank, where her husband is currently residing. Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Wayne Taylor reiterated the seriousness of the charges against Kinslow. After some consideration Judge Caudill ordered that her bond stand at $250,000.
A second motion that was made by Kinslow’s attorney that he be removed as counsel in the case. Tapp said that because of “professional differences and other circumstances” he felt he needed to be released from this case.
Judge Caudill sustained the motion and released Tapp from his obligations to the case. Kinslow was then appointed public advocate Michael Studebaker under the condition that she pay $1,000 based on her income.
Caudill set a pretrial date for June 10.