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Defense Attorney Questions Thoroughness Of PDQ Prop House Search

Actor Alec Baldwin, right, and attorney Luke Nikas, leave court after jury selection in Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

During the trial of a high-profile case involving a prop house linked to a crime scene, defense attorney Alex Spiro raised questions about the thoroughness of the search conducted at the PDQ prop house. The prop house, which supplied guns and ammunition for a movie, was scrutinized by crime scene technician Marissa Poppell regarding the search process.

Poppell revealed that she and two others were responsible for searching the four-room warehouse for .45 caliber rounds specifically. If they encountered boxes of .38 ammunition, they would move on without further inspection. However, when they came across boxes containing mixed rounds, they opted to search each box individually.

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