Alec Baldwin gun trial HALTED as judge considers whether to throw out whole case

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer is considering dismissing the charges against actor Alec Baldwin after his attorneys pointed out "hidden" evidence.

She sent the jury home after the defense pointed out that, despite their request, they were not shown all evidence ahead of the trial. In fact, they argued that key bullets from the scene were logged under a completely separate case number. While the prosecution argued that the bullets were inconsequential, the defense insisted that wasn't their call to make.

Defense attorney Luke Nikas told the judge: "If this evidence wasn't as important as we say it is, they would have turned it over. The fact that they concealed it, the fact that they put it in a separate document number, didn't disclosed a supplemental report, didn't disclose the bullets, didn't bring them to the April 6th evidentiary viewing. If it was that irrelevant, didn't have evidentiary value, it would have been there."

After testimony from Crime Scene Technician Marissa Poppell, prosecutor Kari Morrissey addressed the "serious depository matter" and laid out her plan for moving forward, including naming her upcoming witnesses.

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