Something about this story reeks.
[Defense lawyer] Spiro on Thursday introduced evidence that live bullets potentially linked to the shooting had been handed to police, but not disclosed to Baldwin’s lawyers.
The bullets were handed into police by a “Good Samaritan” earlier this year, more than two years after the “Rust” tragedy.
The “Good Samaritan” was a former police officer and a family friend of Gutierrez, the armorer. He told police the bullets matched the rounds that killed Hutchins.
Spiro accused police of having “buried” evidence by not filing it under the “Rust” case, depriving the defense of a chance to see it.
“Which was a perfect plan,” he told the court.
Crime scene technician Marissa Poppell, under questioning from Spiro, said she had catalogued the bullets, but had been told not to file them under the “Rust” case.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey scrambled to respond, telling the court she had never seen or heard of the bullets before this week.
But when it emerged that Morrissey had been present for discussions in which it was decided not to submit the bullets into the “Rust” case file, Morrissey voluntarily called herself as a witness in a last-ditch attempt to salvage the state’s case.
She claimed the allegedly “buried” bullets did not match the live rounds on the set of “Rust,” and had been stored in a different state, Arizona, up to the day of the tragic shooting.
Sommer was not convinced and dismissed the case, prompting the emotional scenes among Baldwin and his family.
Another OJ case.
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