Alec Baldwin is accused of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins. SANTE FE, N.M.
: Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial was thrown into jeopardy Friday after the actor's attorneys accused prosecutors of withholding key evidence and demanded the judge toss the case. The move prompted Santa Fe Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer to send the jury home before it heard any new testimony Friday so she could hold an 11th hour hearing about the surprise request. The defense team argued investigators and prosecutors concealed evidence related to the source of ammunition linked to the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust" in 2021.
"This is critical evidence in the case that was never disclosed to us," said defense attorney Luke Nikas, who has repeatedly accused special prosecutor Kari Morrisey of hiding evidence. "This is not the first time. It's not the second time.
It's not even the third time. It's time for this case to be dismissed." ALEC BALDWIN ‘RUST’ SHOOTING TRIAL: REALITY SHOW IS A ‘TERRIBLE PR BLUNDER,’ EXPERT SAYS Alec Baldwin attends his manslaughter trial in Santa Fe, N.
M., July 11, 2024, for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie "Rust." (Reuters/Ramsay de Give/Pool) Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was convicted of loading a live round into a revolver, which Baldwin fired, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
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