The trial once morest actor Alec Baldwin for involuntary manslaughter in the accidental shooting that took the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021 will begin on July 9reported a judge from the First Judicial District of Santa Fe (New Mexico, USA).
The process, in which if the interpreter is found guilty he may face a sentence of up to 18 months in prison, will begin that day with the selection of the jury, The testimonies will begin the next day and the trial will last for eight days, until July 19.
The date chosen will definitely be later than what the actor’s defense intended, which weeks ago requested a “quick trial” held in the coming months.due to incompatibilities with the agenda of Kari Morrissey, one of the prosecutors in charge who has claimed to be in charge of another case in June.
Baldwin, who served as the film’s star and producer Rust, He was carrying the prop revolver from which, on October 21, 2021, a real bullet came out that fatally hit Hutchins in an event in which the film’s director, Joel Souza, was also injured.
The American interpreter has insisted on several occasions before authorities and the media that He cocked the gun, but never pulled the triggerso the homicide, according to him, was due to a mechanical failure of the pistol that exempts him from responsibilities.
Likewise, another of the great unknowns of the case is how real ammunition arrived on the recording set, so all eyes are also on the gunsmith and head of security protocol, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, which is currently being tried within a separate process in a court in Santa Fe.
The case Rust has dragged on over time because there have been several twists in the accusation once morest Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed, who were initially accused under a law that went into effect following the shooting, so Prosecutors admitted the error and reduced the possible sentence from up to six and a half years in prison to a maximum of eighteen months.
NEW- Alec Baldwin’s trial for the “Rust” shooting is scheduled for July 10-19. Jury selection in Santa Fe will be July 9. pic.twitter.com/SRYXcSy1U3
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Following this, Baldwin’s attorneys challenged Prosecutor Mary Marlowe’s ability to serve as a New Mexico prosecutor and legislator at the same time. Therefore, Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis were appointed as new special prosecutors.
Last year, much of the original cast and crew of Rust They met once more in Montana to finish filming the movie in which production described as a tribute to Halyna Hutchins with her husband as executive producer. The film does not yet have a release date.
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