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Alec Baldwin Wants His Rust Manslaughter Case Dismissed. A Legal Expert Notes His ‘Strongest Argument’ (Exclusive)

As Alec Baldwin’s July trial for involuntary manslaughter approaches, the actor’s legal team is seeking to have his case dismissed. A legal expert outlines his "strongest" argument in an interview with PEOPLE.

Baker is referring to Baldwin’s lawyers’ claims in their motion to dismiss that special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey gave “prejudicial” instructions to the grand jury. After that, the judge in the case, Mary Marlowe Sommer, could then make a decision based on the filings or schedule a hearing to allow attorneys for both sides to argue their points. “In civil litigation, they commonly joke about burying someone in paper,” says Baker, who notes Morrissey and Lewis also just successfully prosecuted Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed for involuntary manslaughter in March.

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