Halyna Hutchins Shot With Prop Gun - Alec Baldwin indicted & Hannah Gutierrez-Reed charged, 2021 #8

[Weki]

It seems like Morrissey didn’t turn over certain reports in a timely manner to the defense in the HGR trial. *sigh* Bowels is now gunning to get his client out. The Teske issue that sprung AB is not going to help HGR but apparently there were a couple reports that Morrissey failed to turn over.

HGR is absolutely guilty and needs to do her full time. If HGR’s conviction gets overturned, Morrissey should be shamed out of the legal profession! It’s disgraceful that she could’ve been so careless.

JMO

 

[Marantz4250b]

It seems like Morrissey didn’t turn over certain reports in a timely manner to the defense in the HGR trial. *sigh* Bowels is now gunning to get his client out. The Teske issue that sprung AB is not going to help HGR but apparently there were a couple reports that Morrissey failed to turn over.

HGR is absolutely guilty and needs to do her full time. If HGR’s conviction gets overturned, Morrissey should be shamed out of the legal profession! It’s disgraceful that she could’ve been so careless.

JMO

On principle I don't see why it shouldn't help her case.

The existence of the ammo from TT really had no bearing on AB's case when you think about it because the jury only had to make a decision as to his actions. The source of the ammo is fairly irrelevant.

AB's case was dismissed because his attorneys never had the chance to examine the evidence to decide for themselves whether or not it may be significant or whether it might change how they present his defence. Moreover, they intentionally hid it under a different file number in order to hide it.

I don't see how those facts can't apply to HGR's case as well. True, the police didn't have it until after the case (it was actually during jury deliberations they got it, I think), but they knew about it months before hand and made a conscious decision not to go get it.

Refusing to accept it is, imo, just as egregious as not turning it over because it's an attempt to do exactly the same thing - hide it.

Don't get me wrong, I think she's guilty and should do the full sentence but the courts cannot be inconsistent here.

 

[ch_13]

It seems like Morrissey didn’t turn over certain reports in a timely manner to the defense in the HGR trial. *sigh* Bowels is now gunning to get his client out. The Teske issue that sprung AB is not going to help HGR but apparently there were a couple reports that Morrissey failed to turn over.

HGR is absolutely guilty and needs to do her full time. If HGR’s conviction gets overturned, Morrissey should be shamed out of the legal profession! It’s disgraceful that she could’ve been so careless.

JMO

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There's been enough of a pattern here that I don't think it's just carelessness. It's not just these two reports or the Teske ammo. There's also a history of discovery violations with both HGR and AB that the courts dealt with pre-trial. Because those were uncovered before the trial could begin, there were other remedies that the court could give the defense.

I think Morrissey made a strategic choice to make things as difficult for the defense as possible. I believe she was trying every trick in the book to secure convictions and if she withheld a few things to give herself an advantage, then she'd do so without compunction. The issue is that prosecutors have ethical obligations to give the defendant a fair trial and not just to win at all costs. I do wonder if that's why her first co-prosecutor left. On the stand Morrissey claimed that Jason Lewis dropped off because of other obligations, but I believe that was a smokescreen. It would be interesting to hear his side of things.

I do agree it's a shame, because Morrissey had a very strong case against HGR and didn't need to pull these shenanigans.

 

[Marantz4250b]

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There's been enough of a pattern here that I don't think it's just carelessness. It's not just these two reports or the Teske ammo. There's also a history of discovery violations with both HGR and AB that the courts dealt with pre-trial. Because those were uncovered before the trial could begin, there were other remedies that the court could give the defense.

I think Morrissey made a strategic choice to make things as difficult for the defense as possible. I believe she was trying every trick in the book to secure convictions and if she withheld a few things to give herself an advantage, then she'd do so without compunction. The issue is that prosecutors have ethical obligations to give the defendant a fair trial and not just to win at all costs. I do wonder if that's why her first co-prosecutor left. On the stand Morrissey claimed that Jason Lewis dropped off because of other obligations, but I believe that was a smokescreen. It would be interesting to hear his side of things.

I do agree it's a shame, because Morrissey had a very strong case against HGR and didn't need to pull these shenanigans.

I agree here. These trials have been a farce from beginning to end, quite honestly.

The co-prosecutor left essentially because she actually has what Morrisey is lacking - ethics, integrity and honesty - and dumped things as soon as the situation with the ammo came to light.

 

[ch_13]

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I agree here. These trials have been a farce from beginning to end, quite honestly.

The co-prosecutor left essentially because she actually has what Morrisey is lacking - ethics, integrity and honesty - and dumped things as soon as the situation with the ammo came to light.

That's why Erlinda Johnson left, who was the co-prosecutor for AB.

I was actually talking about Jason Lewis, who co-prosecuted HGR. He resigned in the lead-up to AB's trial. There were reports of infighting between the two and his leaving was handled in a very odd way, no press release and Morrissey at first refusing to comment. I wonder if his story will ever come out.

 

[ch_13]

Morrissey just can't stop digging a hole for herself.

Here's a statement she makes in a recent motion in the HGR case...
Undersigned counsel is still struggling to understand how ammunition that was never in the possession of, seen by or known to any witness being called to the trial and was turned over two and a half years after the death of Ms. Hutchins created a discovery violation that justified a dismissal with prejudice of Mr. Baldwin's case.

And later she says...
Although the Court's final order has not yet been filed, undersigned counsel contends that the Court misunderstood the testimony on July 12, 2024, and improperly dismissed the case against Mr. Baldwin.

I can't believe she is claiming that there was no discovery violation for Baldwin. That is just nuts. In fact the whole motion is wild. It is 34 pages of Morrissey listing her grievances against the judge, her co-prosecutor, and all the defense lawyers for both Baldwin and HGR. She even goes into detail on the plea negotiations and motions that were filed under seal. (Normally, motions can't exceed 10 pages. She went over by 2 1/2 times to get in all her score-settling.)

https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/July-31-2024-States-Response-to-Defendants-Motion-for-New-Trial.pdf

What exactly is Morrissey trying to do? She knows that the person who will be reading this motion is the very judge who dismissed the Baldwin case. I've been saying since even before the HGR trial started that the giant chip on her shoulder is a huge liability for a prosecutor. She got away with her bullying behavior against Bowles, but it came back to bite her in the butt when she was faced with defense attorneys who had the ability and resources to fight back.

 

[al66pine]

Improper Dismissal?

Morrissey just can't stop digging a hole for herself....
And later she says...
.... undersigned counsel contends that the Court misunderstood the testimony on July 12, 2024, and improperly dismissed the case against Mr. Baldwin.[/I]

.... 34 pages of Morrissey listing her grievances against the judge, her co-prosecutor, and all the defense lawyers for both Baldwin and HGR.... (Normally, motions can't exceed 10 pages. She went over by 2 1/2 times to get in all her score-settling.)

https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/July-31-2024-States-Response-to-Defendants-Motion-for-New-Trial.pdf

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snipped for focus. @ch_13 Thx for your post & analysis.

Morrissey may need to amend that response arguing improper dismissal. In spreading the blame around to others involved, she forgot to name the barista who served the judge lukewarm coffee that morning, causing the court to improperly dismiss the case. /s

 

[Weki]

Morrissey is going with the scorched earth approach I see. Lol. I have to admire the guts to tell a judge her dismissal was unwarranted and made based on a misunderstanding of the evidence. I think Morrissey believes what she’s saying. She sees Teske and Thell as attempting to defraud the state by supplying that ammo at such a late hour. I can’t disagree with that. It’s shady on their part. She’s arrogant but I’m not sure she was intentionally hiding this evidence. She messed up big time on this and unraveled in court. It’s very interesting that the judge told them before lunch she would be dismissing the case. Hence the celebration we heard about in the hallways. I think Morrissey was aggrieved by that. She’s def throwing the court under the bus by revealing that in a public filing. Morrissey may get in trouble for revealing information about sealed documents. JMO