Watch Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer explain dismissing the case against Alec Baldwin | FULL DECISION

Watch the full decision from Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer to dismiss the case against Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting on the set of Rust.
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[@branchtobranch5607]

This prosecutor was so arrogant and full of herself she actually helped Baldwin get off and still didn’t get where she went wrong. The former prosecutors she assigned to the case knew this prosecutor was off her rocker. She destroyed this case with her pride, when clearly the Judge did not want the Prosecutor to testify, for her own preservation and that of the case. However because the Prosector was so very prideful, it might take her a month to figure out that she herself, ruined her own case against Baldwin! What a pompous ass!

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

If the DA is an elected position in her city, she’s in big trouble. Anyway, her career is in tatters 🔥

[@squatch545]

The prosecution screwed up big time.

[@TheVic18t]

One of the prosecutors resigned as soon as they started looking at this evidence. lol

[@Ont785]

No. There was zero case. Let me guess….CONSPIRACY ! Lol

[@derrickpiche1119]

DEI strikes again.

[@georgewashington3555]

Kari Morrissey is just terrible.. glad she got exposed just how ugly she operates.

[@blackonblack...9244]

​@@Ont785 Nah, he got deep pockets like Diddy.

[@spamrme1654]

Baldwin’s attorneys had filed a last-minute motion to dismiss the case, arguing that the state failed to disclose what could be key evidence, something prosecutors denied. Judge Sommer dismissed the jury earlier today and, this afternoon, agreed that this key evidence was enough to end the trial. “There is no way for the court to right this wrong,” Sommer said when making her ruling this afternoon. “The state has repeatedly made representations to the defense and to the court that they were compliant with all their discovery obligations,” the judge said. The case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning the case can’t be brought against Baldwin again.

[@Johnny5]

Them Baldwin pockets are deep!

[@Ont785]

@@Johnny5 Another conspiracy ? Grow up

[@mariacampos8234]

​@@Johnny5- prosecution fucked up big time nothing to do with money..

[@giovannisanseviero5726]

@@Johnny5 The facts were deeper.

[@hilaryc3203]

Delightfully meaningful and scathing when the judge said the word "scorching" whilst looking up and (possibly) straight at the prosecutor.

[@garotadagavea]

You could almost see the smoking coming off the judge. She was NOT amused.

[@LegalServicesATL]

I've watched Judge Sommers ruling over a dozen times and that is my favorite part.

[@randallabrams1723]

The prosecutor needed to concern herself with her own and the CST 's demeanor instead of Baldwin's. The judge is not happy.

[@lisaavery8239]

I am proud of this Judge for being fair and honest. Makes me believe in the system again.

[@georgewashington3555]

Amazing judge sommer .

[@russtrautwein6293]

The judge didn't have a choice here. Non-disclosure is grounds for dismissal. That's like law 100 (even before law 101).

[@RFazor]

Stupid prosecutors

[@georgewashington3555]

Corrupt inflated..

[@jamesgrayson6422]

That prosecutor is Toast. The whole world knows her corruption now!

[@georgewashington3555]

Agree.. she was off putting the whole time.. but now she is exposed. Its lucky that the judge is so on point and cares about justice.

[@bojatr1]

powerful words...this judge doesn't mess around! we need more judges like her!

[@pastre999]

The irony is , the one who set Baldwin free was the (inept and arrogant ) prosecutor.

[@maryh958]

Marvelous explanation by Judge Sommers , Fair , Just and Honest analysis and judgement in this case ,

[@user-kn5kl4dr2e]

I am so thankful that the victims family can now see Mr Baldwin was sincere in his sympathy. And also, I hope he just quits and takes on responsibility of being a father to his children and enjoy that life

[@stewartsnape2936]

Excellent judge Mary

[@erichoughton4128]

i’m glad she came to this decision. Objectively weighing the facts. this is a real judge.

[@michaelrowsell1160]

This case should never should have been brought . The culprits have been charged .

[@trudyjager5609]

The state wanted to get Mr. Baldwin and kept trying, regardless of the evidence.

[@SvetlannaBailey]

Real like your name ERIC

[@erichoughton4128]

@@SvetlannaBailey yup real like my name.

[@wd5739]

@@erichoughton4128 ERIC name your like Real

[@suzanneflowers2230]

The prosecutor said she didn't even know this evidence existed.

[@eduardoskitchen]

Liar liar

[@gigglescam]

It's her job to know that before filing charges and going to trial

[@blakekaveny]

The lead investigator testified that the prosecutor did know about it. Later in the prosecutor changed her wording from I didn’t know about it to I hadn’t seen it.

[@marjoriezamora7361]

Yes shed did

[@dpacheco7349]

Someone's in trouble, and it ain't Boss Baby...

[@LittleMissStamper]

Oh good....I'm glad for him and his family ❤

[@jarodandshanti3749]

He murdered a chick! What about HER family?

[@LittleMissStamper]

@@jarodandshanti3749 He did his JOB....and someone was convicted for her death who DIDN'T do theirs! Putting him in jail out of spite isn't going to bring her back or frankly make her family any happier.

[@jarodandshanti3749]

@@LittleMissStamper he JOB was to MURDER the photographer? You’re mentally ill!

[@pannamal5182]

@@LittleMissStamperjust money will make it better. Money talks.

[@song9119]

Crooked prosecutor turns into a defendant

[@omgness14]

Baldwin isn't at fault, the production and fire arms expert are the ones to blame if anything

[@christiedrake4327]

Baldwin was the main producer

[@rhondawi6389]

I’m Sure Alex’s brother Steve was praying for Alec

[@noeltarr8834]

This wasn't about Alec Baldwin. This was preserving the integrity of our Judicial System. The Court determines the relevance of evidence, not the prosecutors or Police.

[@SongBird21-nz8vx]

GREAT JUDGE! She saw through the prosecutor's prejudice against Mr. Baldwin.

[@bluesbrother2383]

Probably from that Trump impression

[@glennhankins6927]

pos Baldwin took an innocent woman's life.

[@wannabetrucker7475]

That the prosecution thought they could get away with it , they need to be fired

[@jarodandshanti3749]

Somebody paid her off. And a woman’s murderer gets to be free….

[@LittleMissStamper]

@@jarodandshanti3749 I think you might need some meds....or therapy....or warch a comedy or something. You're miserable and obsessed.

[@T-liegh18]

Soooo, when is Hannah getting out?

[@tayyh1a336]

Seriously? Lol

[@wd5739]

In 15 months. She was in charge of the ammo.

[@JoseGonzalas]

Who are the mps involved with foreign interference?

[@babbyfacerevocation2740]

Somebody wanted her out of the way. She had something in common with one of those other girls. They used Alec as the Hitman 🔫 total SET UP 😢

[@eduardoskitchen]

Feel bad for the lady who died family. Incompetent staff that handles property.

[@JeffNeelzebub]

That incompetent staff includes Baldwin. He hired her.

[@mauvemoon4905]

So happy for Alec never should have been charged.

[@deepblue1909]

who was that lady crying?

[@JuandeFucaU]

oops.

[@eduardoskitchen]

The judge is a bad mama jamma. Brilliantly said and so thorough! Great call judge!

[@marianjones5180]

Great Judge, and great sense of character.

[@ARIZJOE]

The judge deserves real kudos for going over every element for dismissal, and explaining it in the courtroom. In all legal decisions, one must meet the elements. So, this was a fair and just move to throw the case out.

[@aidancoutts2341]

Lol, this is how every judge would do this. It's standard. It's not some amazing personal decision of the judge.

[@ARIZJOE]

@@aidancoutts2341 Really. Do you think Judge Cannon down in Florida conducts her courtroom so thoroughly and according to the letter of the law?

[@buckeyesmith782]

@@aidancoutts2341 LOL...wrong.

[@aidancoutts2341]

@@ARIZJOE I mean in terms of providing reasoning for a dismissal. They would all format it that way.

[@Upemm]

@@ARIZJOEYou can wish…

[@LadyOaksNZ]

This Judge was FOed with having to do this to State Prosecutor.

[@jezedwards3858]

Great job Judge Sommer. Congratulations to Alec Baldwin, this case should never have been prosecuted.

[@MrMACTACTICAL]

Show me the money!

[@RAJavier1018]

Dismissed Permanently

[@damovandG]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@leeleegirl8612]

🎉 Enjoy your summer Alec

[@papichoku2442]

Very happy for Baldwin

[@Sweetiepie68]

This judge gives me hope in our justice system again.After all I’ve seen lately in our courtrooms!

[@giovannisanseviero5726]

You ain't kidding.

[@38below39]

Should never have been a trial

[@jarodandshanti3749]

Straight to prison lol

[@giovannisanseviero5726]

@@jarodandshanti3749 ...duh.

[@kualumpurzagreb3408]

" A Daniel come to Judgement " - doth said Shakespeare..Brilliant Judge ! Excellent reasoning and clear Legal sound Principles !Congratulations to Alec Baldwin for a huge success ! Well done !! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@jarodandshanti3749]

What a joke

[@karenlowdermilk3222]

Justice served .

[@jarodandshanti3749]

Nope. Still needs to get past Jesus!

[@geneve2003]

So what was the exculpatory evidence? Did she say?

[@vintagelady1]

That was an "or"

[@CanadianLoveKnot]

Justice is proportional to your bank account

[@braddhancock6192]

They are corupt down there

[@Hank520Tube]

you talkin bout Santa Fe? Oh yah!, talkin about New Mexico? oh yah!

[@georgemokry1863]

Way to go u corrupt b

[@janetlyons5205]

I

[@williamwells1862]

What a yoke. He was the director. Just gross incompetence.

[@dalton-jon-f5791]

I hope Alex will gain some empathy for the wrongly accused in NY now that he knows how it feels.

[@dalton-jon-f5791]

Make that 'unjustly' accused

[@debrastanford8761]

THANK YOU, LOVELY JUDGE....VERY CLEAR....❤

[@karlgarber5665]

Bought and paid for right, Alec?

[@redeyedmongoose2963]

The best Justice money can buy the more money, the more justice

[@wannabetrucker7475]

Yup, just look at cheeto

[@dannybrown280]

@@wannabetrucker7475what does Chester have to do with it?

[@RM-vf7fl]

It helps that the prosecutor had a vendetta and screwed up big time. She was out-lawyered.

[@filipsichrovsky]

The judge you mean?

[@pty1pty2]

After 18 months, she'll be out, a life was LOST, what a total debacle.

[@scwps23]

Wonder if Alec Baldwin ever uses a gun in a movie scene again. Will he check to see if it's loaded?

[@jan6986]

Congrats to Alec! 🎉 It's finally over.

[@vinasel96]

I guess if all true, lucky Baldwin. But I probably hate him more than ever. He's got many issues.

[@andrewwilkie563]

So who fired the gun that took a life?

[@Wishes890]

It's who loaded the gun that's responsible.

[@Emily-nj5sc]

Well it's now irrelevant thanks to the prosecution trying to be sneaky

[@jarodandshanti3749]

Alec Baldwin murdered her

[@tylerford88]

​@Wishes890 she is partially responsible, but Alec was well aware you always check a firearm, and never point it at anyone and fire it regardless. He is as culpable as her.

[@ericalover3025]

He did.

[@kingorso3280]

Hopefully Hanna gets out too. They witheld evidence.

[@aidancoutts2341]

The evidence makes her look worse. This was totally her fault. She failed her only job and performed her safety role, likely while on drugs. She was terrified about the drugs in her car when law enforcement showed up.

[@blakekaveny]

Actually no. Her attorney knew about this evidence. This evidence was given to the sheriff office by a defense witness in her trial. He gave the sheriff this evidence after the trial ended. Why because her defense chose to not present this evidence at trial.

[@lizard450]

No justice

[@andreww1001]

Well the one who allowed live ammo in is behind bars. Not his fault.

[@technoir2584]

So, Hannah gets convicted and Baldwin get off Scott free? Figures.

[@sekos99]

Exactly, because she was in charge of the weapons, and he was given the gun and told it was safe.

[@Geroldus]

@@sekos99that isn’t why he got off, he got off because the prosecution hid evidence from the defense. The bedrock of the legal system is the guarantee that everyone is entitled to a fair trial. If the government is responsible for collecting and cataloguing the evidence then they need to make certain that the defense has access to it. If the government withholding evidence was allowed then there would be no fair trials. He may not be innocent of the crime, but we will never know. We will never know because the government tried to rob him of his right to a fair trial. Innocent or guilty, that cannot be allowed.

[@guyfawkes8384]

I wonder if his Spanish wife has finally learned how to properly pronounce 'cucumber' yet.

[@douglasfowler4961]

ask her

[@seanwebb605]

In another trial a witness tried to describe the defendant's mushroom. Baldwin would be happy to talk about his large cucumber.

[@Doug-mc3dd]

2 Tier Justice system. You think Trump would have got off???

[@johac7637]

What's your point, VonShitzinPants has delayed, delayed, if he's so innocent I'd be asking for trials to get underway, or can't he get Attorneys as they want paid.

[@Wishes890]

Is Diaper Donny in jail? Seems like he "got off" in more ways than one.

[@guyfawkes8384]

@@Wishes890 President Trump has been unfairly attacked by the justice system since day one.

[@ellaella5537]

Yes, he should have been in jail a long time ago and he still isn’t.

[@jarodandshanti3749]

Biden yep Trump nope

[@onceuponatimeonearth]

It's weird how the Judge actually has a history of working in television production for a few years, showing a clear personal interest in film.

[@filipsichrovsky]

What's weird about that?

[@user-rq7xx2dhq]

Prosecution + 💰💰 = dismissal

[@GohAhweh]

😂😂😂$$$$$

[@canoebelue]

I was hoping he would get the full 18 months and have to serve everyday.

[@giovannisanseviero5726]

keep hoping.

[@trent4barnes]

In the Judges wording of she put word emphasis on "to ensure the INTEGRITY" of the judicial system and the efficient administration of justice". To me the emphisis was on the Lawfare overreach that has been exibited recently by the Justice Department and the N.Y. Court in the Trump cases.

[@mariacampos8234]

This is about Baldwin and Rust not Cheeto Mussolini

[@ultraco.6798]

Money 💴 can buy anything

[@SvetlannaBailey]

No friend it cannot buy your trip to heaven, that's what it WONT BUY

[@ultraco.6798]

@@SvetlannaBailey already keep believing in fairytales buddy, the thing is when the lights go out you can’t tell me I was right.

[@discussioncorner]

@@ultraco.6798 By that same logic you cant tell him he was right after the fact. because the assumption there is you two would go to two different points.

[@ultraco.6798]

@@discussioncorner I honestly don’t care, the armourer got her time. But this guy on the tape was clearly rushing everyone and using his status to bully the armourer.

[@AustriaGermany]

more crooks paid off

[@ritastevenson5532]

Pos is a murderer

[@Wishes890]

The person that loaded live ammo is the guilty one.

[@jarodandshanti3749]

@@Wishes890both

[@joankroll8091]

Bank Robber, Senator, Bank Robber, MURDERER. Justice is for the RICH.

[@williamtexas261]

Sad to see someone get away with MURDER especially when the MURDERER is also AN ALCOHOLIC, A DRUG ADDICT, A WIFE BEATER and a CHILD MOLESTER. I guess this proves that 💰💵💰💵💰💵💰💵 IS KING!

[@giovannisanseviero5726]

...what...a...douche.

[@giovannisanseviero5726]

Not murder, ya silly Texan.

[@themrfabio2459]

She’s a Baldwin supporter. No surprise here

[@giovannisanseviero5726]

That's so childish. And if she did look the other way, then what; she wouldn't be a fan of Baldwin's acting? Grow up.

[@melodieshimon]

💯 true

[@ritastevenson5532]

He killed that ìnocent woman..CORRUPT CORRUPT CORRUPTION

[@Wishes890]

CASE DISMISSED🍾🍾🍾

[@morrbydick5957]

your right the DA was being corrupt and the judge came to the right decision

[@valeriecampbell5546]

Careful now, don't be a Trump and speak about things you have no knowledge of.

[@gigglescam]

He admitted it was an accident and settled a civil case with the victim's family. He had no intention to murder her.

[@giovannisanseviero5726]

Lasers killed her...shmuck.

[@agbaddley]

If you handle a firearm YOU ARE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT FIREARMS ACTIONS!!!! PERIOD!!!

[@andreww1001]

Wrong.

[@James-el6lj]

This is outlandish. Should have gone to a jury to decide.

[@morrbydick5957]

jury decides facts not law the law was on his side no need to weigh the facts. i supremely hope you get the same considerations if you ever find yourself on that side of the booth

[@realalbertan]

Juries don't decide points of law or procedural things. Failure to disclose evidence means the process is tainted.

[@xcfjdyrkdtulkgfilhu]

The prosecution got caught hiding evidence favorable to the defense. That's procedural, which means it's none of the jury's business.

[@Doug-mc3dd]

DemocRATS protecting DemocRATS.

[@discussioncorner]

This isn't a Jury or Judge situation. The prosecution hit evidence that could have freed him and they did it knowingly. So no matter how one feels about the situation, this is on the prosection's team

[@jackiespencer4694]

Who is surprised by him getting away with murder?

[@VitaRaynor-oi4md]

I wonder what political Party this Judge belongs to got to research this !!!!!!

[@fredsmith6324]

liberal judge

[@JhonVaca-zn1st]

Crooked judge didn't even go to the jury

[@seanwebb605]

It couldn't proceed and go to the jury. The mistakes by the prosecution couldn't be repaired.

[@pegasus8987]

Disgusting lock him up

[@michaelrowsell1160]

Why are you a legal expert .I think not .

[@Wishes890]

Public washroom law degree isn't worth the toilet paper it's written on.

[@discussioncorner]

@@michaelrowsell1160 There's alot of evidence to point to him doing it on purpose. That said, the prosecution's team hid evidence that could have exonerated him , so even if he is guilty of it, he's free because the proesecution acted with malice.

[@discussioncorner]

That's not how the legal system works because I'll repeat this again. the prosecution's team hid evidence that could have exonerated him , so even if he is guilty of it, he's free because the proesecution acted with malice. If you have any issues, it should be with the malicious actions of the prosecution. No matter how you feel about alec baldwin , he , like any other defendant deserves a fair trial. And thus the prosecutions actions were not in that vein therefor he was freed.

[@aundraedwards581]

If money can buy Justice why is Trump guilty

[@candyshop84106]

Because Of Liberal Judges Abuse Of Power

[@SvetlannaBailey]

Clearly the judge was given a large sum of money, disgraceful judicial system

[@Wishes890]

Prove it.

[@discussioncorner]

@@Wishes890 It's really pathetic that you go to that , its the same logic of ''if there's no body there's no crime''

[@discussioncorner]

@SwevtlannaBailey, no that wasn't the case. The prosecution hid evidence in an attempt to nail Baldwin, and whether you like Alex Baldwin or not, the actions taken by the prosecution were unlawful and thus violated the process of law. He was let free because of a malicious action taken by the prosecution.

[@Mammothsaber-4457]

if you’re going to claim corruption you should base that claim on evidence rather than your bias

[@Mammothsaber-4457]

@@discussioncornertheir needs to be evidence of a crime to make an accusation

[@James-el6lj]

I cant stand this judge.

[@twinstarr1438]

Great job judge❤

[@rhondawi6389]

Now it’s time to get Hannah out of prison because these lady’s of the State were fishy