The decide within the New Mexico manslaughter case towards Alec Baldwin has slammed prosecutors for misconduct that prevented the actor from getting ready his protection.
In new paperwork obtained by TMZ, the decide who dismissed the case towards Alec says the prosecution “willfully and purposefully” withheld proof from Baldwin's authorized workforce … specifically stay ammunition discovered on the set of “Rust” that matched the stay bullet that killed Halyna Hutchins.
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Bear in mind… through the trial, police investigator Marissa Poppell testified that her superiors ordered her to put in writing a report stating that the police had obtained ammunition and that she needed to file it below a unique case quantity than the “Rust” case… in order that the protection couldn't see it.
District Decide Mary Marlowe Sommer slammed the prosecution in her closing written order, saying their “willful and deliberate misconduct” left her no alternative however to dismiss the case.
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The decide once more slammed prosecutors for “critical breaches of disclosure obligations, amounting to misconduct and false testimony obtained through the trial.”
Alec's case was dismissed final month, and he’s now taking steps to sue Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza and Particular Prosecutor Kari Morrissey, who’re those receiving essentially the most criticism from the decide.
In the meantime, Alec is again in New York filming his new actuality TV present along with his household.
