Actor Alec Baldwin reacts during his trial for involuntary manslaughter for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie “Rust,” Friday, July 12, 2024, at Santa Fe County District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico The judge threw out the case against Baldwin in the middle of his trial and said it cannot be filed again. On Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, Baldwin urged the New Mexico judge to stand by her decision to scuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against him.
(Ramsay de Give/Pool Photo via AP) SANTA FE, New Mexico — Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday, Sept. 20, to stand by her decision to scuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie. State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film “Rust.
” The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can’t be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted. Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin’s due process rights had not been violated. Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on “Rust,” wa.