‘Rust’ Armorer Requests New Trial or Conviction Overturned, Urges Release

Following the dismissal of the manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin in the death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, an attorney for the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, has filed for her conviction to be overturned or for a new trial.

In either case, Jason Bowles is asking for her immediate release.

“Justice demands that Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s conviction be overturned immediately, ensuring that the legal system does not perpetuate this core affront to our system that has been watched all over the world,” the filing reads, citing “egregious prosecutorial misconduct.”

Baldwin, who was a producer of the ill-fated western as well as its star, was on trial for the October 2021 accidental killing of Hutchins.

On the third day of Baldwin’s trial, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer granted the defense’s request for a dismissal after it emerged that authorities and prosecutors deliberately withheld evidence in the case. How real bullets got into Baldwin’s gun that fatally wounded Hutchins is still a mystery.

Gutierrez-Reed was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in March and sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Source: TheWrap