The shocking decision followed after Baldwins defense lawyers filed an emergency motion alleging prosecutors and investigators withheld evidence.
Your motion to dismiss with prejudice is granted.
He has long maintainedhe did not pull the trigger.
Alec Baldwin at his trial on involuntary manslaughter on July 12, 2024 in Santa Fe, NM.Ramsay de Give-Pool/Getty Images
The suppressed evidence is favorable to the accused.
It is impeachment evidence (and) is potentially exculpatory to the defense.
Morrissey said that months before Gutierrez-Reeds trial, she asked Teske to share a photo of the ammunition.
Morrissey told the court she was seeing that ammunition for the first time.
The live bullet that killed Hutchins was a Starline brass cartridge with a nickle primer.
Kenney would go on tosupply blank and inert dummy rounds toRust.
(Kenney has not been charged with anything related to theRusttragedy.)
On social media Saturday, Baldwin thanked his supporters following the shocking dismissal.
There are too many people who have supported me to thank just now, the actor wrote.
To all of you, you will never know how much I appreciate your kindness toward my family.
Jurors already had heard testimony from seven witnesses.
The judge said she would deal with excusing the jury as Baldwin made his way out of the courthouse.
He added, The judge absolutely did the right thing and upheld the integrity of the judicial system.
This story was updated Saturday, July 13 with Baldwins Instagram post.
