{"id":2293855,"date":"2024-07-12T22:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T02:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-in-alec-baldwin-left-in-tears-after-judges-ruling-in-rust-manslaughter-case-only-warranted-remedy\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T22:09:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T02:09:17","slug":"just-in-alec-baldwin-left-in-tears-after-judges-ruling-in-rust-manslaughter-case-only-warranted-remedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-in-alec-baldwin-left-in-tears-after-judges-ruling-in-rust-manslaughter-case-only-warranted-remedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Just in: Alec Baldwin Left in Tears After Judge&#8217;s Ruling in &#8216;Rust&#8217; Manslaughter Case &#8211; &#8216;Only Warranted Remedy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjust-in-alec-baldwin-left-in-tears-after-judges-ruling-in-rust-manslaughter-case-only-warranted-remedy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2293855&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2063 summary is about actor Alec Baldwin&#8217;s manslaughter trial being dismissed, citing the prosecution&#8217;s failure to share evidence about ammunition in its\u200b possession. The case was dismissed with prejudice and cannot be brought again. \u200dBaldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter after a\u2064 gun he fired on the\u200d set \u2063of \u200bhis film &#8220;Rust&#8221; killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The film&#8217;s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for having a live round in a \u2063gun that should not have had real \u2063ammunition. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-trump-company-will-not-have-to-pay-michael-cohens-legal-bills\/\" title=\"Judge Rules Trump Company Will Not Have to Pay Michael Cohen&#039;s Legal Bills\">judge stated<\/a> that the dismissal was the only warranted remedy, and Baldwin was seen sobbing when the ruling was made. The defense argued \u200cthat the sheriff&#8217;s office had live rounds in its possession but did not disclose\u2062 them to Baldwin&#8217;s legal team, leading to \u2062the dismissal of the case.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Judge Makes Huge Move in Alec Baldwin&#8217;s &#8216;Rust&#8217; Case, Leaving Him in Tears &#8211; &#8216;Only Warranted Remedy&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 12, 2024 at 4:15pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Actor Alec Baldwin\u2019s manslaughter trial was dismissed Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The dismissal revolved around arguments from the defense that the prosecution did not share evidence about ammunition in its possession.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/12\/entertainment\/alec-baldwin-trial-rust\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, the case was dismissed with prejudice, which means that it cannot be brought again.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2021, on the set of his film \u201cRust,\u201d Baldwin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-prosecution-casts-baldwin-clueless-killer-requested-biggest-gun-set\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fired the gun<\/a> that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza. He had been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Baldwin has said publicly he never pulled the trigger on the gun.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Actor Alec Baldwin\u2019s criminal case has been dismissed after new evidence emerged that wasn\u2019t disclosed to the defense.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin was seen sobbing when the announcement was made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the two special prosecutors in the Alec Baldwin trial, prosecutor Erlindo Ocampo\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3pyetXwDZQ\">pic.twitter.com\/3pyetXwDZQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1811887348680130739?\">July 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the film\u2019s armorer, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with a live round being in a gun that should not have had real ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sanction of dismissal is the only warranted remedy\u201d in the case, First Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/judge-alec-baldwins-involuntary-manslaughter-trial-dismisses-case-rcna161536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no way for the court to right this wrong,\u201d Sommer said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/12\/arts\/rust-trial-pause-alec-baldwin-shooting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The dismissal followed an envelope containing the ammunition being brought into court. Sommer donned latex gloves, cut open the envelope and examined the ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey buried it,\u201d Baldwin attorney Luke Nikas said. \u201cThey put it under a different case with a different number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin buried his face in his hands and sobbed as the ruling was made, according to NBC. He also hugged his wife, Hilaria, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13629747\/Alec-Baldwin-Rust-case-dismissed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gun-baldwin-used-accidentally-killed-worker-supplied-mysterious-armorer-mentor-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baldwin\u2019s lawyers<\/a> said the Santa Fe County Sheriff\u2019s Office had live rounds in its possession but did not record them as evidence or tell Baldwin\u2019s legal team they had the rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Marissa Poppell, a sheriff\u2019s office crime scene technician, had initially said in court that the evidence was not hidden and questioned the claim that the ammunition matched the kind that killed Hutchins.<\/p>\n<p>The Times report said after the ammunition was delivered to the court, \u201cit became clear some resembled the ammunition collected on the set.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey said she had never seen anything about the rounds until they appeared in court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never saw them until today,\u201dshe said.<\/p>\n<p>The Colt .45 rounds in question were delivered to the sheriff\u2019s office in March by a friend of Thell Reed, the stepfather of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rust-armorer-given-maximum-sentence-calling-jurors-idiots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gutierrez-Reed<\/a>, on the day she was convicted.<\/p>\n<p>NBC reported that Morrissey had earlier argued the bullets were not a match for the ones in the gun that fired the bullet that killed Hutchins and called the claims from the defense a \u201cwild goose chase that has no evidentiary value whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Baldwin&#8217;s lawyers argued that the Santa Fe County Sheriff&#8217;s Office had live rounds in its possession but did not record them as evidence or inform Baldwin&#8217;s legal team. The ammunition was brought into court in an envelope, and after examination, it was found to resemble the ammunition collected on the set of the film. Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey claimed she had never seen the rounds until they appeared in court. The dismissal of the case has left Baldwin emotional, with him burying his face in his hands and hugging his wife<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2293856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Alec-Baldwin-case-dismissed.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15603,33315,34889,32285,15600],"class_list":["post-2293855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-rust","tag-alec-baldwin","tag-judges-ruling","tag-legal-case","tag-manslaughter"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Alec-Baldwin-case-dismissed.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}