STAMFORD-Allegations that the state and police department are engaged in a political prosecution of a former animal shelter manager was met with a stiff rebuke by a state prosecutor as the criminal case against Laurie Hollywood inches closer to trial. In a reply to the former animal shelter manager’s request for a hearing to re-examine evidence that led to an arrest warrant being sworn out on her in June 2014, Deputy Assistant State’s Attorney Dan Cummings charged that Stamford defense attorney Mark Sherman is leading the court down a “rabbit hole.