SANTA FE, NM Alec Baldwin The 2021 deadline for filming transmissions on a movie set in New Mexico was convicted on Friday of handling an unsafe firearm and sentenced to six months of probation.
Safety coordinator and assistant director David Hall must also pay a $500 fine, complete a gun-safety course and 24 hours of community service after agreeing to a conviction related to the death. Halyna Hutchins a set of * Western movie “Rust.”
Under the plea agreement, the courts agreed to testify at any hearings or trials. That includes criminal actions against Baldwin and film producer Anna Gutierrez-Reed, who He pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter in Hutchin’s death.
The courts briefly appeared to have their right to challenge the negligence charge, as state District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer approved the terms of the plea agreement with prosecutors.
Defense attorney Lisa Torraco urged the court not to impose a prison sentence – the maximum penalty was six months behind bars – noting the court was “deeply wounded and ‘repulsed'” by the crime.
Hutchins died shortly after shooting on October 21, 2021, while rehearsing in the film’s village on the outskirts of Santa Fe. showing a pistol but Hutchinus went away with his weapon; He killed her with one live shot and wounded the driver, Joel Souza.
If convicted of involuntary manslaughter, Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed could face a maximum penalty of 18 months in prison and a fine.
Torraco said that Arcas had checked the orbs in the revolver before handing it to Balduino to see if they had been sent by Quirites or the packages with the explosive. He said he was “never in the imagination of anyone” who would be involved in a gunfight.
“When Ms. Gutierrez-Reed brought the firearm … into the established church, she checked the firearm,” Hallis said. He didn’t want to walk around with that gun. …and he, like many others, was extremely wounded.
But prosecutor Kari Morrissey said Hall, a film veteran of more than 30 years, failed in his duty as the last line of defense for gun safety, and that the fatal shooting occurred after two previous guns on set misfired.
“Sir. Halls did not check all the rounds in the gun to confirm that it was a fantastic round and not a resident,” he said. Mrs. Hutchins was clearly struck and killed by a bullet. This is the scientific basis for the Court, accepting no dispute as to the safe handling of a lethal weapon.”
Separate control processes; workplace safety authorities Hall shared responsibility for identifying and improving hazardous conditions for gun safety during film production.
Hall’s decision was made on the 30th anniversary of Brandon Lee’s death. The son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee was shot by a .44-type slug from a gun that was supposed to have been fired blank while filming “The Crow.”
A preliminary hearing in May will determine whether the evidence against Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed is sufficient to proceed to trial.
In his opinion, Judge Marlowe Sommer confirmed with Halls that he “will testify truthfully in all hearings, trials, anointings, any and all matters binding on the defendants and their co-heirs.” Prosecutors can reopen the case if Castle violates the terms of the plea agreement.
The Santa Fe district attorney appointed two special prosecutors this week, Morrissey and Jason Lewis.
Special Prosecutor, Andrew Reeb; He reported these missteps in the initial filing of charges against Baldwin and the objections that his role as a state legislator created different responsibilities.
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