'Rust' shooting prosecutor asks judge to reopen Alec Baldwin manslaughter case [View all]
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-09-04/rust-shooting-prosecutor-asks-judge-to-reopen-alec-baldwin-manslaughter-case
‘Rust’ shooting prosecutor asks judge to reopen Alec Baldwin manslaughter case
By Meg James
Senior Entertainment Writer
Sept. 4, 2024 5:16 PM PT
Defending the state’s handling of the “Rust” shooting case, New Mexico special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey has asked the judge to take another look at the circumstances that prompted the dismissal of Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter charge.
In a court filing Friday, Morrissey asked New Mexico First Judicial Circuit Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer to reconsider her decision to throw out Baldwin’s manslaughter case.
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In her 52-page motion, Morrissey argued that defense attorneys knew more about the Teske rounds than she did. She wrote the situation surrounding the rounds did not rise to a level that warranted Marlowe Sommer’s dismissal of the case with prejudice, meaning it could not be refiled.
Morrissey asserted that the tardy disclosure of the Teske rounds did not hamper Baldwin’s defense because his attorneys apparently knew about the ammunition before the trial. Morrissey also argued the rounds were unrelated to the charges that Baldwin faced.
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