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Evidence? Who Needs Evidence?: Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Manslaughter Case Won’t Be Resurrected Because Prosecutor Exceeded Page Limit, Judge Rules – Update


Alec Baldwin Prosecutor Wants 'Rust' Manslaughter Trial Resurrected

In a quick series of courtroom events and midnight motions in mid-July, Baldwin’s Alex Spiro and Luke Nikas-led defense claimed they had just found out about the Teske bullets and cried foul. “This is a smoke screen created by the defense and was intended to sway and confuse the court … and it was successful,’ Morrissey concedes in an August 30 motion to reconsider dismissal filing that is an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink document to resurrect the embarrassingly handled case. In short, even though New Mexico Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer threw out the case on the fourth day of Baldwin’s trial “with prejudice” (which means it can’t be filed again), Morrissey clearly wants another shot at a successful conviction of the multiple Emmy winner, by appeal or otherwise.

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