Film armorer challenges conviction in deadly taking pictures of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin
SANTA FE, N.M. — A film set armorer is difficult her conviction on an involuntary manslaughter cost within the deadly taking pictures of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western movie “Rust,” court docket information launched Monday present.
Protection attorneys for “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed filed a request for a brand new trial and urged a decide to launch the defendant from jail as deliberations proceed.
Gutierrez-Reed was convicted by a jury this month within the taking pictures on the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico, throughout a rehearsal in October 2021. Baldwin was indicted by a grand jury in January and has pleaded not responsible to an involuntary manslaughter cost, with trial set for July.
In an emergency court docket movement, protection attorneys Jason Bowles and Monnica Barreras asserted that the jury directions within the case “might confuse the jury and result in a nonunanimous verdict.” Related objections to the jury directions have been rejected at trial.
Gutierrez-Reed may very well be sentenced as quickly as April 15 beneath the present scheduling orders from Santa Fe-based Decide Mary Marlowe Sommer.
Involuntary manslaughter carries a felony sentence of as much as 18 months in jail and a $5,000 tremendous. Gutierrez-Reed is being held pending sentencing on the Santa Fe County Grownup Detention Facility.
Baldwin was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has maintained that he pulled again the gun’s hammer, however not the set off.
Prosecutors blamed Gutierrez-Reed at a two-week trial for unwittingly bringing reside ammunition onto the set of “Rust” the place it was expressly prohibited. In addition they stated she did not observe primary gun security protocols.
“Rust” assistant director and security coordinator Dave Halls final yr pleaded no contest to negligent dealing with of a firearm and accomplished a sentence of six months unsupervised probation.
