The dismissal of Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter case may have an effect on the sentencing of Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed over the death of Halyna Hutchins . On July 12, Baldwin’s charges were dismissed with prejudice, as the judge ruled that the jury had not been made aware of key evidence . Baldwin's lawyers claimed bullets being used by the prosecution as evidence were "concealed and buried" in a different case file.
Alec Baldwin 'told family to have a good time' despite Rust shooting horror Alec Baldwin's horrified reaction as he's told Halyna Hutchins has died after shooting On Thursday, it was discovered that investigators had received a batch of live ammunition from a retired police officer, who said he believed that the bullets could be associated with the deadly on-set shooting. However, a crime scene technician testified that prosecutors did not include the items in Baldwin’s case file. "If this evidence wasn't as important as we say it is, they would have turned it over,” defense attorney Luke Nikas told the judge.
"The fact that they concealed it, the fact that they put it in a separate document number, didn't disclose a supplemental report, didn't disclose the bullets, didn't bring them to the April 6th evidentiary viewing. If it was that irrelevant, didn't have evidentiary value, it would have been there," he added. Now, Gutierrez-Reed’s lawyer is making the same argument, and hopes to set her free.
“The judge found intentional misconduc.