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Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has requested a retrial or dismissal of
her March conviction for involuntary manslaughter in response to
allegations that prosecutors failed to share evidence including
ammunition that might have been exculpatory in the shooting
death that occurred on the set of the Western movie “Rust” in
2021.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer is reconsidering the armorer’s
conviction after throwing out an involuntary manslaughter case
against Baldwin midtrial on similar grounds.
Gutierrez-Reed started serving an 18-month sentence in March and
has appealed the jury’s guilty verdict to a state appeals court.
Prosecutors blamed Gutierrez-Reed for unwittingly bringing live
ammunition onto the set and for failing to follow basic gun
safety protocols.
She was acquitted at trial of allegations she tampered with
evidence in the “Rust” investigation. Gutierrez-Reed also has
pleaded not guilty to a separate felony charge that she
allegedly carried a gun into a bar in Santa Fe, New Mexico,
where firearms are prohibited. A proposed plea agreement is
awaiting court review.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for “Rust,” was pointing
a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal on a
movie ranch outside Santa Fe in October 2021 when the revolver
went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger
— and the revolver fired.
Gutierrez-Reed’s attorneys have also said that prosecutors
failed to disclose portions of pretrial interviews with “Rust”
ammunition supplier Seth Kenney — as well as reports by firearms
expert Lucien Haag and correspondence with expert movie armorer
Bryan Carpenter — that might have changed the outcome of the
armorer’s trial.
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