A New Mexico judge has dismissed the motion to reopen Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” manslaughter case. This time, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer determined that state prosecutors lack “factual or legal arguments that would justify” the act, in addition to them not filing the motion in a timely manner.
“The State filed its Amended Motion on Sept. 5, 2024, concerning the Court’s Sanctions,” read the legal document, submitted on Thursday and obtained by TheWrap. “However, the State’s permissible time period for initiating an appeal ended on Aug. 30, 2024. Thus, because the State’s Amended Motion was filed outside the time limit for the State to initiate its appeal, the Amended Motion is untimely. Therefore, the Court does not find the Amended Motion well taken due to its untimeliness.”
Additionally, First Judicial Circuit Court Judge Sommer wrote, “The Court concludes that the State does not raise any factual or legal arguments that would justify the grant of a motion to reconsider.”
In response, per The Los Angeles Times, Special Prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey said, “The State disagrees with the Court’s analysis and intends to appeal the ruling.”