A court ruling on Friday put an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on track for trial in early July after a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing.
Attorneys plan to call on testimony at trial from a selection of more than 60 court-approved witnesses. Halls earlier pleaded no contest to negligent use of a deadly weapon, and an array of first responders, investigators, firearms experts and close-range witnesses to the shooting. Baldwin isn't listed but has the right to testify at his own trial.
Prosecutors plan to present evidence at trial that they say shows the firearm 'could not have fired absent a pull of the trigger' and was working properly before the shooting. Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is serving an 18 month sentence on a conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting, as she appeals the jury verdict; Hannah seen above in April
The FBI was told by a team of investigators to go ahead, and tested the revolver by striking it from several angles with a rawhide mallet. One of those strikes fractured the gun's firing and safety mechanisms. Prosecutors said it was 'unfortunate' the gun broke, but it wasn't destroyed and the parts are still available.
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