Judge Rejects Alec Baldwin’s Move to Drop Case Due to Damaged Gun
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A judge has rejected Alec Baldwin‘s argument that his case should be thrown out because the FBI destroyed his Colt .45 revolver during testing.
The ruling keeps Baldwin on track to face a trial on July 9 in Santa Fe, N.M., on the charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Baldwin is accused of negligently pointing the revolver at Hutchins while working to set up a shot. He has denied pulling the trigger, though the state intends to show that the gun could only have fired if the trigger was pulled.
Baldwin’s attorneys have argued that the gun may have malfunctioned due to pre-existing damage, but that the FBI testing prevented the defense from examining the gun in its original state, making it impossible to know for sure.
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