SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge is considering whether to dismiss a criminal conviction against a movie armorer in the shooting death of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin.
A court hearing Thursday comes in response to allegations that prosecutors failed to share evidence that might have been exculpatory.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer is reconsidering the fairness of a jury conviction of Hannah Gutierrez-Reed for involuntary manslaughter.
The judge threw out the same charge against Baldwin on similar grounds in early July.
Prosecutors blame Gutierrez-Reed for unwittingly bringing live ammunition onto the set of the Western movie “Rust."
Baldwin was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal in 2021 when the revolver went off.
