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“Rust” by Alec Baldwin involuntary homicide It’s officially over.
On Monday, the Santa Fe District Attorney’s Office announced Press release Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey withdrew the state’s notice of appeal against the actor.
“The appeal will challenge the court’s dismissal of criminal charges against producer and actor Alec Baldwin, including manslaughter in the tragic shooting death of cinematographer Halina Hutchings on set. rust October 21, 2021,” according to a press release.
Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” manslaughter case is officially over. (Alberto E. Rodriguez)
The move to dismiss the appeal solidifies Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer’s decision to dismiss the case midway through the trial amid accusations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense.
Baldwin’s attorneys Alex Spiro and Luke Nikas spoke with The Hollywood Reporter.
“This is an unspeakable tragedy, but Alec Baldwin did not commit a crime.”
The statement said: “Today’s decision to dismiss the appeal is the ultimate vindication of what Alec Baldwin and his lawyers have said from the beginning – that this was an unspeakable tragedy but that Alec Baldwin did not commit a crime. The rule of law remains intact in New Mexico,” read.
In July, a Santa Fe judge dismissed the manslaughter case against Baldwin. Helena Hutchins shot to death On the set of the movie “Rust” after it was ruled that prosecutors withheld evidence from their legal team.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey has dismissed the state’s appeal in the “Rust” manslaughter case of Alec Baldwin. (Ramsey de Grant/Pool, via Reuters)
Baldwin held his face in his hands and cried when Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning charges could not be filed against him again.
“The state’s deliberate concealment of this information was deliberate,” Sommer said. “If this behavior did not rise to the level of malice, it certainly came so close to malice that it showed strong signs of bias.”
The judge added: “There is nothing the court can do to correct this error.”
In July, Judge Mary Marlowe dismissed the case against Baldwin with prejudice. (Ramsey de Gippur/Getty Images)
After the judge made his ruling, prosecutor Morrissey spoke to the media outside the court.
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Morrissey said at the time: “I am disappointed because I think defense counsel misunderstood the importance of the evidence, but I must respect the court’s decision.”
The fourth day of the trial first district court Defense attorney Nikas opened the case by accusing the state of withholding evidence that prop dealer Seth Kenney was the source of the live ammunition.
Aerial photos taken from Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico show actor Alec Baldwin firing a prop gun in a church. (Associated Press)
Soon after, Morrissey’s co-counsel Elinda Ocampo Johnson suddenly resigned.
The move prompted a Santa Fe judge sending the jury home That allowed her to hold an 11th-hour hearing, with lead prosecutor Kari Morrissey calling herself a witness.
Morrissey stressed on the witness stand that she never believed evidence from former Arizona police officer Troy Teske was exculpatory because the ammunition turned over to law enforcement never left the country before the fatal shooting. Through Arizona. ” put.
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“I decided not to do anything to collect the ammunition because it was in Arizona, had never been to New Mexico, and did not match the live ammunition on the set of Rust,” Morrissey testified.
In October 2021, Halyna Hutchins was shot to death by Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust. (Pennis Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP)
The defense team argued that investigators and prosecutors withheld evidence of the origin of ammunition linked to the accidental shooting death of photographer Halina Hutchins on the set of the 2021 film “Rust.”
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Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted of loading live ammunition into a revolver shot by Baldwin, Kill Hutchins and director Joel Souza of Hurt .
Fox News Digital’s Lauryn Overhultz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
