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DG will be on The Tonight Show (Jimmy Fallon) tomorrow evening.

Yep. Every time I suffer a wicked hangover, I ask myself why I had to have just one more.:D

That is my understanding as well.

At best, the report is ambiguous as to her official job title on the day in question. More information is needed.

Curious what the theory of liability would be, where any action might be filed, and whether it would withstand a demurrer based on the statute of limitations.

The original wrongful death action filed by Brian Panish o/b/o the Hutchins estate remains pending, at least in part due to the fact that the settlement has not been fully funded. (As an aside, I give a lot of credit to whoever made the decision to hire Panish. I associated his firm in on a...

First thing I thought about. It's a really high threshold to overcome, though.

I can't help thinking the judge has her finger on the pulse of the voters in New Mexico. Unlike being a judge in the federal judiciary, which is a lifetime appointment, in New Mexico judges must run for re-election every 6 years. Dismissing a high profile case, particularly with prejudice, and...

My experience tells me both statements are quite true.

I don't see it that way at all. It could just as easily be explained by the fact this is the second time he was charged and, as such, the judge views a third time as a bridge too far. Now if the judge issues a written decision explaining the ruling...

I do not, mainly because I don't know the first thing about guns, live rounds, blanks... I hope to keep it this way too!

The judge essentially held the prosecution intentionally and deliberated withheld (read: suppressed) potentially exculpatory evidence. Sadly this is not an isolated case. Evidently winning is sometimes more important than due process. Where's the emoji for head exploding? I'm not sure how it...

IIRC, something like 20% of the world's population believe the sun revolves around the earth. Heck, all one has to do is look here in our little corner of the world, i.e., audio equipment, for some curious beliefs.

Correct. Think of it as 50.1% vs. 98%.

Again, if I'm counsel for the defense and I get the leeway, I'm seeking to introduce evidence not only of Baldwin's prior on set experience with guns with no live round, ever, but also I'm seeking to introduce into evidence the fact that the last time the de facto industry standard failed was 40...

Time to watch a jury trial? The luxury of retirement !

In case it wasn't evident from my posts in this thread, I just wanted to be clear that I am not expressing (or at least in my mind I have not expressed) my personal opinion about any of this. I do not wish to offend anyone here. Instead I'm looking at this strictly as an attorney who has been...

In the absence of an industry standard requiring personal inspection by the actor, that being the movie making industry, I just don't know how the prosecution will get a unanimous verdict that he failed to exercise due caution. (See Amir's post, number 362.) Much has been made in this thread...

Like so many things in the law, yes but. First, the judge granted a pre-trial motion which essentially excluded such evidence, i.e., the prosecution may not use Baldwin's role as a producer as evidence that he possessed the mens rea at the time of the shooting. Second, as you wrote, he...

Petrushka, the legal principles to which you refer do not stand for the proposition that the actions of the armorer have no bearing on Baldwin's criminal culpability. If your interpretation of these legal principles was correct, then as a matter of law there could be no defense whatsoever to an...