Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey said there were insufficient facts to support a New Mexico judge's ruling that dismissed the case in July over withheld evidence.
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The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can’t be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted. In the request to reconsider, Morrissey argued again that the undisclosed ammunition was not relevant to the case against Baldwin, which hinged on his responsibility to handle a gun safely under familiar industry guidelines.
The ammunition that skuttled the case was handed over to a Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office crime scene technician who filed the evidence under an unrelated case number. Three of those rounds resembled live rounds that were collected from the “Rust” set after the fatal shooting.
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