 Alec Baldwin has maintained he didn't pull the trigger on the gun he was pointing before a live bullet went off, killing cinematographer Helena Hutchins. While testing the Colt .45 for any possible malfunction, the FBI damaged part of the firearm. Baldwin's attorney, Alec Spiro, had argued that meant the case against him should be scrapped. It's kind of ironic in a case conceitedly about an accident, the state would somehow get away with intentionally destroying the key evidence and depriving the defense of that evidence.