Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Trial Tossed
Out Over “Critical” Bullet Evidence;
Incarcerated Armorer Could Be Released Too
Deadline,
by
Dominic Patten
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
7/12/2024 6:21:16 PM
In a dramatic turn of events, Alec Baldwin has seen his involuntary manslaughter trial for the fatal 2022 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dismissed today by a New Mexico judge.
As well, the decision by Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer on Friday at the end of an evidentiary hearing over a defense motion to dismiss and bullets dropped off to Santa Fe police in recent weeks by ex-Arizona cop Troy Teske could see incarcerated Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed released from state prison in the Land of Enchantment. Earlier today, Erlinda Johnson, one of the special prosecutors in the case resigned because she didn’t agree with
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 7/12/2024 6:32:54 PM (No. 1755132)
No justice for Halyna Hutchins. She was shot dead and everyone will walk free.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 7/12/2024 6:33:48 PM (No. 1755134)
Live ammunition, Alec and blah, blah blah, "Incarcerated Armorer Could Be Released Too"......Oh, one other thing......
"Hutchins was fatally shot, and Rust director Joel Souza was injured"
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Catherine 7/12/2024 6:33:56 PM (No. 1755135)
Didn't the prosecution refuse to give the Trump lawyers evidence they asked for? We knew Baldwin would walk. This is disgusting and Karma will be waiting for this man.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Turninggrey 7/12/2024 6:34:54 PM (No. 1755136)
Two justice systems on dis[lay.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Gordon Freeman 7/12/2024 6:36:22 PM (No. 1755137)
Sounds about par for the course. I guess her family will have to file a civil lawsuit?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Marthinius57 7/12/2024 6:38:42 PM (No. 1755139)
The fix was in.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
singermom9 7/12/2024 6:50:24 PM (No. 1755141)
But the j6ers are in jail for yeas and decades for TRESPASS in the PEOPLES HOUSE. BASTARDS.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
AbingtonJim 7/12/2024 6:57:56 PM (No. 1755143)
So the bullets in question were never on the set but they tossed the case because the defense had them in their office? I won't say that the judge got rich with this dismissal but...
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Kate318 7/12/2024 6:59:07 PM (No. 1755144)
Pays to have friends in high places. In the meantime, the armorer is spending 18 months in prison.
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The prosecutor hid evidence relative to the case and didn't tell the defense attorney that additional evidence (in the form of live ammunition) was given to the Sheriff's office in March. The ammunition was from the same source as the ammunition used in the Rust movie. Suppression of evidence is grounds for dismissing the case. The State doesn't get to decide what evidence is relevant and what evidence the defense should see.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 7/12/2024 7:07:49 PM (No. 1755149)
I've long been of the opinion that law school grads who become public attorneys do so because they're not good enough to succeed in private practice. But it's becoming more and more apparent that not only are these public attorneys incompetent, they're also incredibly corrupt. Withholding evidence is bad, but too many are willing to do so in order to win a high profile case they believe will be their launching pad to higher office, as we've seen with Smith, Bragg, Willis, James, and now these clowns. I don't like Baldwin, but even he deserves a fair trial. Good on the judge for holding the prosecution to account. Hopefully she'll throw the book at them.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Omen55 7/12/2024 7:07:56 PM (No. 1755150)
Well #1 one day her son will be a man.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Venturer 7/12/2024 7:09:03 PM (No. 1755151)
Money won't buy love, but it keeps a lot of people out of jail
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
RobertJ984 7/12/2024 7:25:32 PM (No. 1755156)
Baldwin is still guilty
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
jalo1951 7/12/2024 7:35:07 PM (No. 1755160)
What I don't understand is why was there live ammo on the set?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Birddog 7/12/2024 7:36:11 PM (No. 1755161)
"Guilty as Hell, Free as a Bird...America is a Great Country"- many many Obama/Biden/Clinton cronies,, Baldwin is just the latest.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
NeonVortex 7/12/2024 7:50:20 PM (No. 1755164)
Poorly written article. Doesn't discuss what the critical evidence even was.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 7/12/2024 8:02:11 PM (No. 1755167)
Ditto #15. The old saying about if you allow the possibility for something going wrong, it will. I understand some of the crew were using live ammo for target practice after hours but to allow it on the set is lethal stupidity.
I also figured he would walk. If it hadn't been this particular technicality, they would have found another to let him off.
Not sure that he cares but at least Alec gets to live with the fact that his carelessness and stupidity caused another person's death.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
kono 7/12/2024 8:08:42 PM (No. 1755170)
You know all the charges against Hunter will get dropped, too. And the exonerated PDJT will probably get the gulag. You didn't think the Dems would really stop trying to screw him (and his supporters) after a few setbacks, did you?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
scottj 7/12/2024 8:12:15 PM (No. 1755171)
Liberal judge comes to the rescue of her fellow liberal.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
preciosodrogas 7/12/2024 8:19:45 PM (No. 1755172)
What? He mishandled the pistol. He failed to check it. This is the hard and fast rule. Always treat a weapon as if it is loaded. This is strict liability. For good reason, because this could happen. He had the gun and did not clear it.
What continues to puzzle me is the fact that he took her to dinner before the killing. I did not see where anyone ran that down. The director also went to the dinner and was also wounded. Baldwin said she was a very good friend. Did he make advances that were rebuffed and threaten to expose him. Although motive is not a necessary element, it does create a fuller picture. Baldwin was familiar with guns and so he had to know the rule.
At the same time I think LE did a sloppy job one
Good one #16
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Digiconver 7/12/2024 8:21:11 PM (No. 1755173)
Gun control for Hollywood idiots, I say!!!!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
DVC 7/12/2024 8:22:19 PM (No. 1755175)
Hideously badly written mess. What did these mysterious "bullets" have to do with anything? Who is this ex-Arizona cop and how does he have any connection to the case? What bearing or connection to the case did any of this have?
I suspect that Baldwin's money finally found a willing bribee, and the fix was in. Note that one of the special prosecutors resigned....rather than be party to this crap.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
downnout 7/12/2024 8:50:35 PM (No. 1755180)
I think Alec Baldwin will be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life….
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Dismissing the case for prosecutorial misconduct while imposing no actual penalties on the guilty prosecutors seems backward.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
ragu 7/12/2024 10:50:06 PM (No. 1755216)
Well, Alec, God won't be as lenient as the judge.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
davew 7/12/2024 10:51:00 PM (No. 1755218)
This story is so poorly written that I have no idea what actually happened. What could be "critical" about someone bringing in more bullets? It appears the objective was to find a technicality that would end a case that never should have gone to trial. Baldwin claims the gun was fired by telepathic means, which, of course, is ridiculous. The fact that a live round was on a movie set with live actors is all that matters. How it got there should be part of an accident investigation, not a criminal trial.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
KTWO 7/12/2024 11:02:10 PM (No. 1755219)
I expect more to this story and case. Another article says the judge only sent the jury home for the weekend pending per review of the situation.
It seems to me that w/o sworn testimony by this "Troy Teske" then the bullets he supposedly gave the police months later mean nothing. So no dismissal!
OTOH, what a blunder by the police and/or prosecution.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
JimBob 7/13/2024 2:17:29 AM (No. 1755240)
I'm with #17, #23 and #27. I also could not figure out, based on this article, out what was going on.
It seems to me that a nice lady is dead because of the arrogance, carelessness and lack of respect for firearms on the part of this tatted-twit of an 'armorer' and also the same attitude in the 'star' of the film.
Oh, #4, I agree with you, but (to pick on you) I believe you misspelled 'Just-Us' systems.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
5 handicap 7/13/2024 6:04:03 AM (No. 1755281)
It appears that Baldwin is still wealthy enough to own a State Judge in New Mexico
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Rinktum 7/13/2024 7:40:51 AM (No. 1755311)
Not surprised, but very disappointed. He was negligent and it cost a woman her life. Thankfully, God is the final judge.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
TCloud 7/13/2024 7:58:31 AM (No. 1755323)
Skates on a technicality.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Birddog 7/13/2024 10:53:40 AM (No. 1755446)
Sounds like a "Poison Pill"...long after all evidence had been collected, weighed, by the grand jury, several judges, two trials, multiple experts...an ex-cop brings in a couple of bullets, that had NOTHING to do with the shooting, and simply drops them off.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
janjan 7/13/2024 11:19:43 AM (No. 1755463)
The article was impossible to follow. A lot of petty comments and no point.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet 7/13/2024 2:05:43 PM (No. 1755574)
This lowlife baldwin is scum. I hope that the family takes all that he has and more. He is responsible, he did not check the revolver, that's the first thing you do when someone hands you a gun. I believe that he knew that and just didn't take the time to check. Now someone is dead and he won't be held criminally responsible.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
MickTurn 7/13/2024 3:33:06 PM (No. 1755612)
Very a LEFTIST Judge and a huge "Contribution" was provided!
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