‘Rust’ Armorer Loses Bid for New Trial Over Withheld Evidence
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A judge on Monday upheld a guilty verdict against “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, finding that withheld evidence would not have changed the outcome of the trial.
The defense asked for a new trial on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to turn over a forensic report and an interview with weapons supplier Seth Kenney. “Defendant has not established that there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been available to Defendant, the evidence would have produced a different verdict,” wrote Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, in her opinion.
Gutierrez Reed is serving an 18-month sentence for involuntary manslaughter in the death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
At trial in Santa Fe in February, the prosecution argued that she had mishandled weapons on the set and failed to detect a live bullet before loading it into Alec Baldwin‘s gun.
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