Alec Baldwin hugs defense attorney Alex Spiro after District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against the Rust producer and actor. The charge cannot be refiled, bringing to an end a strange and tragic case that gained worldwide attention and may be discussed for decades.
Beth Keuchler, Alec Baldwin’s sister, comforts the actor’s wife, Hilaria Baldwin, as District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on Friday, July 12, 2024.
Actor Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria Baldwin leave the First Judicial District Courthouse after Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on Friday, July 12, 2024.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey addresses a media crowd after Sommer’s dismissal of the case against Baldwin. The judge’s ruling followed an increasingly bizarre afternoon hearing, held outside the presence of the jury.
Alec Baldwin listens as prosecutor Kari Morrissey takes the stand.
Baldwin hugs his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, after the case against him was dismissed Friday.
Prosecutor Kari Morrissey takes the stand as a witness during a hearing Friday that led to the dismissal of the Rust shooting case against Alec Baldwin. A spokesman for the District Attorney’s Office said Morrissey — who helped make the decision a box of bullets given to police wasn’t relevant to the case, which led to Friday’s decision to dismiss the charges against the actor — will continue to represent the state in a pending case against Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the film’s armorer.
District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed charges against actor Alec Baldwin, a stunning end to a case that began in 2021 with the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. In her ruling, Sommer said the defense’s discovery of the evidence during the trial “impacted the fundamental fairness of the proceedings. If this conduct does not rise to the level of bad faith it certainly comes so near to bad faith to show signs of scorching.”
Prosecutor Kari Morrissey addresses the media crush following the dismissal of the case against Alec Baldwin.
Beth Keuchler, Alec Baldwin’s sister, cries as District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin on Friday, July 12, 2024.
Kari Morrissey leaves the witness stand after being called as a witness to discuss evidence Friday afternoon. A judge tossed the case against actor Alec Baldwin.
Special prosecutors and defense attorneys speak with District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer during the second day of Alec Baldwin’s trial Thursday for involuntary manslaughter in a shooting death on the film set Rust.
Actor Alec Baldwin speaks with his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, after the court returned from a break on the second day of his trial Thursday in District Court for involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a cinematographer on the film set of Rust.
Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office crime scene technician Marissa Poppell answers questions from Alec Baldwin’s attorney Alex Spiro on the second day of Baldwin’s trial of involuntary manslaughter on Thursday in District Court.
Hilaria Baldwin, Alec Balwins’s wife, attentively listens during the second day of Alec Baldwin's trial for involuntary manslaughter in District Court in Santa Fe on Thursday, July 11, 2024.
Alex Spiro, attorney for Alec Baldwin, questions Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office crime scene technician Marissa Poppell on Thursday in District Court.
Actor Alec Baldwin talks with his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, before opening statements Wednesday on the first day of his trial for involuntary manslaughter in District Court. Baldwin's team, nearly 10 people deep, wheeled in bankers boxes full of documents.
Actor Stephen Baldwin holds hands with Alec Baldwin's wife, Hilaria Baldwin, before the start of opening statements in Alec Baldwin’s trial for involuntary manslaughter. Baldwin faces 18 months of incarceration if convicted for his role in the movie set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Special prosecutor Erlinda Ocampo Johnson makes opening arguments Tuesday during Alec Baldwin’s trial for involuntary manslaughter. Johnson told jurors Baldwin hired an inexperienced armorer to handle guns and ammunition on the set; asked to use the biggest gun; horsed around during a firearms training; and then, during a scene walkthrough, cocked the weapon's hammer and pointed the pistol "straight at Ms. Hutchins and fires that gun, sending that live bullet right into Ms. Hutchins' body."
Actor Alec Baldwin listens to opening arguments in his involuntary manslaughter case in the shooting death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Wednesday at the First Judicial District Courthouse. Baldwin's team argued it was the job of others — armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and assistant director Dave Halls — to ensure the Colt .45 replica pistol that killed Hutchins was safe and they let him down.
The court watches video of the scene being worked on when cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed on the set of the movie Rust during opening arguments on the first day of actor Alec Baldwin’s trial. Baldwin says he did not pull the trigger when the weapon went off, killing Hutchins.
Defense attorney Alex Spiro makes opening arguments on behalf of his client, actor and producer Alec Baldwin. In it, he evoked what he called the "magic" of moviemaking, even telling jurors the first moviemakers were magicians, contending it was up to other crew members to make sure the revolver was safe for Baldwin to use.
Actor Alec Baldwin whispers to his attorney Alex Spiro after his opening arguments on the first day of Baldwin’s trial for manslaughter.
Surrounded by lawyers and members of the media, actor Alec Baldwin arrives at the First Judicial District Courthouse for his involuntary manslaughter trial. The trial is expected to last two weeks.
Surrounded by lawyers and media members, Alec Baldwin arrives at the First Judicial District Courthouse on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, for jury selection in his involuntary manslaughter trial. The trial is expected to last through next Friday.
Cameramen and photographers await Alec Baldwin as he arrives Tuesday at First Judicial District Courthouse for jury selection in his manslaughter trial.
Surrounded by lawyers and members of the media, actor Alec Baldwin arrives Tuesday at First Judicial District Courthouse for jury selection in his involuntary manslaughter trial. Baldwin is on trial in the 2021 shooting death of a cinematographer on the film set of Rust.
Actor Alec Baldwin walks into the First Judicial District Courthouse for preliminary proceedings in the Rust trial Monday. Baldwin has pleaded not guilty in the case, contending he did not pull the trigger on the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins but that it simply went off.
Alec Baldwin listens to Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer on Monday at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe during a preliminary hearing for the Rust trial. The proceedings against the star actor — accused of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie set south of Santa Fe after a gun he was holding discharged — begin with jury selection Tuesday from a pool of 70 potential jurors.
Members of the media wait outside First Judicial District Courthouse on Monday. Nearly 40 media outlets from around the country and the world have registered the names of 154 journalists who may attend all or part of the trial, which begins Tuesday.
Alex Spiro, an attorney for Alec Baldwin, addresses Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer in First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe during a preliminary hearing on Monday. Spiro has handled prominent cases in the U.S. and Europe, representing multiple high profile clients including Musk, Mick Jagger, Jay-Z and former NFL star Aaron Hernandez.
Actor Alec Baldwin sits in Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer's courtroom in Santa Fe during a preliminary hearing on Monday, July 8, 2024.
District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer listens to Alex Spiro, attorney for Alec Baldwin, during a preliminary hearing on Monday.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey addresses Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer in the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe on Monday during a preliminary hearing in the Rust case. Morrissey's specialty has been criminal defense in her private practice, but she's also done state and federal civil rights cases.
Alex Spiro, left, attorney for Alec Baldwin, sits next to his client in First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe during a preliminary hearing on Monday, July 8, 2024.
Actor Alec Baldwin speaks with attorney Alex Spiro on Monday at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe during a preliminary hearing for the Rust trial. It’s unclear if Baldwin will testify in the involuntary manslaughter case.
