SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico prosecutors will not appeal a court’s decision to dismiss a manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of a western movie. The Santa Fe District Attorney has announced that. The secretariat made the announcement on Monday.
Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey announced a July hearing to dismiss charges against Baldwin in the October 2021 death of cinematographer Halina Hutchins during rehearsals for a film shot outside Santa Fe. The appeal against the decision was withdrawn.
The decision to drop the appeal confirmed Judge Mary Marlow Sommer’s mid-trial decision to dismiss the case on charges that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense.
Baldwin’s trial was upended by the revelation in March that the ammunition was brought to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office by a man who claimed it could be connected to Hutchins’ murder. Prosecutors said they determined the ammunition was irrelevant and unimportant, but Baldwin’s attorneys said investigators “buried” the evidence in a separate case file and filed a successful motion to dismiss. said.
The district attorney’s office said the New Mexico attorney general would proceed with the appeal, but “did not intend to pursue the appeal thoroughly on behalf of prosecutors.”
“As a result, the state’s efforts to continue the case in a fair and comprehensive manner have encountered multiple obstacles that impair its ability to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law,” the district attorney’s statement said. .
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