Judge denies Alec Baldwin’s motion to dismiss manslaughter charge

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A New Mexico judge on Friday, June 28 denied a request by actor Alec Baldwin to dismiss a manslaughter charge he faces for the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the film set of the movieIn her ruling, the judge rejected arguments by Baldwin’s lawyers in a hearing June 21 and Monday that the charge should be dismissed because the gun that fired the round that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was damaged during testing by the FBI following her death, preventing his lawyers from...

Judge Mary Sommer said in her ruling to dismiss Baldwin’s motion that his attorneys were not able to prove that prosecutors damaged the gun knowing it could prove anyone’s innocence, nor could they prove that they could not obtain “comparable evidence” after the gun was damaged. An initial involuntary manslaughter charge prosecutors filed against Baldwin in January 2023 was dropped after, according to a person familiar with the case, the actor’s legal team presented evidence the revolver was modified, allowing it to fire without the trigger being pulled.

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