Film armorer’s conviction upheld in deadly ‘Rust’ set capturing by Alec Baldwin

SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico decide on Monday upheld an involuntary manslaughter conviction towards a film armorer within the deadly capturing of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”

Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed requested a court docket to dismiss her involuntary manslaughter conviction or convene a brand new trial within the capturing dying, alleging misconduct and suppression of proof by regulation enforcement.

Decide Mary Marlowe Sommer halted and ended Baldwin’s trial in July primarily based on misconduct of police and prosecutors and their withholding proof from the protection within the 2021 capturing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set outdoors Santa Fe.

Gutierrez-Reed was convicted by a jury in March in a trial overseen by Marlowe Sommer, who later sentenced her to the utmost 18-month penalty.

Gutierrez-Reed already has an enchantment of her involuntary manslaughter conviction pending in the next court docket.

Prosecutors blamed Gutierrez-Reed for unwittingly bringing dwell ammunition onto the set of “Rust” and for failing to comply with fundamental gun security protocols.

Gutierrez-Reed’s attorneys argued that her case needs to be reconsidered as a result of prosecutors did not share proof that may have been exculpatory.

She was acquitted at trial of allegations she tampered with proof within the “Rust” investigation.

Gutierrez-Reed additionally has pleaded not responsible to a separate felony cost that she allegedly carried a gun right into a bar in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the place firearms are prohibited.

A proposed plea settlement is awaiting court docket evaluate.

Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for “Rust,” was pointing a gun at Hutchins throughout a rehearsal on a film set outdoors Santa Fe in October 2021 when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.