Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer issued a ruling on Alec Baldwin’s request to dismiss his involuntary manslaughter charge due to destruction of evidence Friday.
A judge decided not to dismiss Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter charges in a ruling filed Friday.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer denied another one of the “30 Rock” actor’s attempts to get rid of the charges that could land him behind bars for a maximum of 18 months, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to the death of Halyna Hutchins. The cinematographer died Oct. 21, 2021 after a gun Baldwin was holding discharged on the “Rust” film set.
Sommer heard arguments from Baldwin’s legal team that his charges should be dropped due to destruction of evidence during a hearing that spanned two days.
The Pietta 45 Colt revolver replica used in the shooting was destroyed during testing conducted by the FBI at the request of the prosecution. The “intentional” destruction of the gun by the prosecution keeps Baldwin from having a fair trial, according to the court docs.
“Simply put, there is no way to undo what the government has done”, his lawyers wrote in court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. “Although Baldwin’s attorneys can make their best effort to persuade a jury that the defects or modifications to the sear and hammer notches – including the virtually nonexistent full-cock notch – preexisted the FBI’s testing, Baldwin has forever lost the chance to probe that fact without doubt, because the government did not even take the basic step of documenting the condition of the firearm’s internal components before destroying it.
