Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey dropped the state's appeal in the case of Alec Baldwin, who was facing charges for the on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The dismissal is seen as a final vindication for Baldwin.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey withdrew the state’s notice of appeal filed on Nov. 21. Had it moved forward, the appeal would have challenged the court’s decision to dismiss the criminal charges against Baldwin in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins .
'Today’s decision to dismiss the appeal is the final vindication of what Alec Baldwin and his attorneys have said from the beginning — this was an unspeakable tragedy but Alec Baldwin committed no crime,' his attorneys, Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro, said in a joint statement.The case against the producer and actor was dismissed with prejudice, meaning he could not be tried again, on July 12 after a day-long, dramatic and bizarre hearing over how some bullets were handled by police and prosecutors. Earlier that day, the judge had examined ammo, which Baldwin and his attorneys said was withheld from them. Prior to the case’s dismissal, a prosecutor had resigned and the other called herself to the stand as a witness. 'The late discovery of this evidence has impacted the fundamental fairness of the proceedings,' Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer stated in dismissing the case. 'There is no way for the court to right this wrong. The sanction of dismissal is the only warranted remedy.' Morrissey was found guilty of misconduct and found that it 'intentionally and deliberately withheld' key evidence from the defense. She faulted prosecutors for 'willful and deliberate misconduct,' which led to the case’s ultimate dismissal. She also found Morrissey not only repeatedly failed to fulfill discover obligations but also gave 'inconsistent' testimony about the evidence she suppressed
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