Judge upholds dismissal of involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in on-set shooting

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has upheld her determination to disregard an involuntary manslaughter complaint against Alec Baldwin successful nan fatal shooting of a cinematographer connected nan group of a Western movie.

In a ruling Thursday, authorities District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer stood by her July determination to disregard an involuntary manslaughter complaint against Baldwin. She said prosecutors did not raise immoderate actual aliases ineligible arguments that would warrant reversing her decision.

The lawsuit was thrown retired halfway done proceedings connected allegations that constabulary and prosecutors withheld grounds from nan defense successful nan 2021 decease of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins connected nan group of nan movie “Rust.”

Baldwin’s proceedings was upended by revelations that ammunition was brought into nan Santa Fe County sheriff’s agency successful March by a man who said it could beryllium related to Hutchins’ killing. Prosecutors said they deemed nan ammo unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin’s lawyers opportunity investigators “buried” nan grounds successful a abstracted lawsuit record and revenge a successful mobility to dismiss.

Special charismatic Kari Morrissey tin now determine whether to entreaty to a higher court.

Baldwin, nan lead character and co-producer for “Rust,” was pointing a weapon astatine Hutchins during a rehearsal connected a movie group extracurricular Santa Fe successful October 2021 erstwhile nan revolver went off, sidesplitting Hutchins and wounding head Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled backmost nan hammer — but not nan trigger — and nan revolver fired.

A judge successful April sentenced movie weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed to nan maximum of 1.5 years astatine a authorities penitentiary connected an involuntary manslaughter condemnation successful Hutchins’ death.

Gutierrez-Reed besides has asked Judge Marlowe Sommer to disregard her involuntary manslaughter condemnation aliases convene a caller proceedings connected allegations prosecutors grounded to stock grounds that mightiness person been exculpatory.