Friday marked the dramatic end of trial following a judge's dismissal of the case against the actor and ruling that the state had unlawfully omitted material pertaining to how live rounds of ammunition ended up on the film set where Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer decided that the accusations against should be dropped just a few days after the legal process started. The move sparked a wave of emotion through the courtroom, with Baldwin himself weeping in the arms of an adviser at the ruling.
Baldwin's attorneys moved to dismiss the case early on Friday, claiming the prosecution —a collection of bullets—from the defense. How live ammo got on the movie set has been a major focus of the case, and Baldwin's attorneys have questioned the investigation and errors made by the authorities who processed the scene. The court dismissed the jury in order to hear testimony from several witnesses, and one of the two special prosecutors overseeing the case resigned as a result of the motion.
Baldwin's attorney stated that although the bullets were submitted in a different case with a different number, they might be connected to Hutchins' death. The ammunition did not match the rounds discovered on the Rust set, according to the prosecution, and was unrelated to the crime. The evidence was revealed on Thursday during the trial when a crime-scene technician testified that a retired police officer named Troy Teske had turned over live ammo that might have been c.
