'Rust' armorer's lawyers push to get her released from prison in wake of dismissal of Alec Baldwin’s case
Convicted "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed's lawyers are asking the state of New Mexico to release her from prison in the wake of Alec Baldwin's case dismissal.
Convicted "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed's lawyers are asking the state of New Mexico to release her from prison in the wake of Alec Baldwin's case dismissal.
Jason Bowles filed a motion for a new trial or dismissal "for severe and ongoing discovery violations by the State" on Tuesday, according to court documents obtained by NBC News.
The court filing called the discovery violation revealed during Baldwin's trial last week "egregious."
"Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, center, talks with her attorney Jason Bowles, right, and her defense team at her involuntary manslaughter trial in Santa Fe, N.M., on March 5.Jim Weber / Pool via APThe motion for her release comes after Baldwin's criminal trial was dismissed in stunning fashion on Friday, when 1st Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer found that special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey had suppressed evidence pertaining to live ammunition in connection to the fatal 2021 on-set shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
"There is no way for the court to right this wrong," Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said during court. "The sanction of dismissal is the only warranted remedy."
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