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Judge to rule on Alec Baldwin bid to avoid 'Rust' trial [View all]
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/judge-rule-alec-baldwin-bid-avoid-rust-trial-2024-05-17/Judge to rule on Alec Baldwin bid to avoid 'Rust' trial
By Andrew Hay
May 17, 2024 6:09 AM EDT Updated 2 hours ago
May 17 (Reuters) - A New Mexico judge was expected to rule on Friday whether to throw out the involuntary manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie 'Rust.'
Baldwin's lawyers have filed motions to dismiss his indictment, alleging prosecutorial misconduct, opens new tab, a failure to show the actor committed a crime, and destruction of evidence, during testing of the gun Baldwin was using during a rehearsal on the film's New Mexico set.
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District court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer scheduled a 10:00 a.m. virtual hearing, on the defense motions Friday after which she is expected to rule on them.
It may be Baldwin's last chance to avoid what Hollywood historians regard as an unprecedented manslaughter trial of a leading actor for an on-set death.
[...]
By Andrew Hay
May 17, 2024 6:09 AM EDT Updated 2 hours ago
May 17 (Reuters) - A New Mexico judge was expected to rule on Friday whether to throw out the involuntary manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie 'Rust.'
Baldwin's lawyers have filed motions to dismiss his indictment, alleging prosecutorial misconduct, opens new tab, a failure to show the actor committed a crime, and destruction of evidence, during testing of the gun Baldwin was using during a rehearsal on the film's New Mexico set.
[...]
District court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer scheduled a 10:00 a.m. virtual hearing, on the defense motions Friday after which she is expected to rule on them.
It may be Baldwin's last chance to avoid what Hollywood historians regard as an unprecedented manslaughter trial of a leading actor for an on-set death.
[...]
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