The twists and turns of Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial for the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins just took a serpentine curve.
In a surprise move on what was expected to be a long day of testimony, including potentially incarcerated Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the judge in the case has sent the jury home after mere minutes in the courtroom. “I’m going to recess you for the day,” announced Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer to the jurors in the Santa Fe County, NM, courthouse this morning. “I’m sorry.
Trials are fluid. It’s not something we predicted,” Sommer added, forgetting it was Friday for a moment and asking the jury to return “tomorrow morning” before correcting herself and saying she would see them Monday.
With the jury not present, the defense and Special Prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Erlinda Johnson are expect to argue soon in front on the judge on a new effort by Baldwin’s team to get the trial tossed later Friday.
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