Alec Baldwin's attorneys claimed the state destroyed key evidence -- the firearm in the shooting -- denying them the chance to review potentially exculpatory evidence.
A New Mexico judge denied Alec Baldwin's bid to drop his involuntary manslaughter charge over firearm evidence stemming from theIn their request to dismiss the indictment, Baldwin's attorneys claimed the state "intentionally" destroyed key evidence -- the firearm involved in the shooting -- denying them the chance to review potentially exculpatory evidence.
"The prosecution denied the criminal defendant the opportunity to see it, to test it," Bash said. "It's outrageous, and it requires dismissal." Johnson also argued there is "ample evidence" of the defendant's guilt in this case in regards to his "reckless conduct." Marlowe Sommer additionally denied last week a request from the state to use immunity to compel testimony from the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez, during Baldwin's trial.
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