The ruling increases the likelihood that Baldwin will stand trial this summer.

Baldwin has also maintained that he did not pull the trigger.

Baldwin, 66, wasindicted by a grand jury in January, after prosecutors haddropped a previous manslaughter charge.

Alec Baldwin

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He has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to go to trial in July.

She appealed the conviction earlier this month.