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baldwin now facing a jury in the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchens on the set of thest" nearly three years ago. his wife, ilaria, and his brother, fellow actor stephen bald baldwin, seated behind him. >> you'll hear the words "prop gun." you'll learn a prop gun is this real gun. it's not a toy. it's not made of rubber. it's a real gun. >> reporter: the high-profile case under way in santa fe, the picturesque capital of new mexico. the trial just 20 miles from where the shooting happened. its harrowing aftermath caught on cameras worn by first responders. baldwin is charged with felony involuntary manslaughter in hutchins' death. >> one of the main problems that afternoon of october 21st was that the defendant didn't do a gun safety check with that inexperienced armorer. >> reporter: at issue is whether he was negligent in handling the prop gun that killed hutch.s, who was married with a young son, while baldwin was rehea rehearsing for a shooting scene. this video filmed hours before hutchins was killed. baldwin has pleaded not guilty. he says he did not know the gun

alec baldwin charged with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of cin cinematographer halyna hutchensthe set of the film "rust." >> your motion to dismiss with pledge is granted. >> reporter: baldwin crying in court as the judge announced her decision. the shocking ruling after a contentious day in court as baldwin's attorneys asked the judge to throw out the case, accusing prosecutors for failing to turn over key evidence, bullets they say may have connected the film's ammunition supplier to live rounds found on the "rust" movie set. >> they buried it. they put it under a different case with a different number. >> reporter: during a pretrial hearing the defense claiming santa cloint investigators were given ammunition by a retired police officer who alleged the bullets were from the same batch that killed cinematographer halyna hutchins. >> this is critical evidence in the case that was never disclosed to us. it's time for this case to be kills missed. >> reporter: the prosecution pushing back, arguing those rounds did not match the bullets on the set and the defense was aware of the

well, that question had never been answered -- halyna hutchens.r gutierrez-reid had been convicted, a good samaritan, a former retired officer, went to the sheriff's office and dropped off a bunch of bullets. it just so happens that three of those bullets matched the round that killed ms. hutchens. what that bullet, those bullets never made it to the defense. for some reason, it never went to the defense even though on law enforcement side and presumably the prosecution side knew of the exeps of this key evidence. this is a round that matched the round that killed ms. hutchens. how does that not get into the hands of the defense where they can use their own ballistic experts to determine what happened on the day that ms. hutchens died. so instead of making multiple motions, and and we've seen multiple motions by the defense, by spiro and his team, they waited until a crime technician changed the stand, and he used the cross-examination to lay the trap. during cross-examination, he asked ms. koppel, the crime technician, that whether there had been

today they will hear a detailed accounting on what happened on the set of "rust" in 2021 when halyna hutchensaldwin faces a single count of involuntary manslaughter and could serve up to 18 months in prison if found guilty. baldwin's defense says their client had been told that the firearm was safe and had no reason to believe it was loaded with a live round. the jury will hear testimony from investigators and members of the "rust" crews, likely including the assistant director that admitted he handed baldwin the gun without first making sure it wasn't loaded with live ammunition. >> i was negligent in checking the gun properly. >> reporter: the state plans to call hannah gutierrez reed. she could be forced to testify on key details. >> the question, is something that could impact her if she gets a new trial, then, yes, she could plead the fifth. there is a lot of questions like did you offer him training on a gun? those kinds of things would not impact her trial if she got a new one. >> we find the defendant guilty. >> reporter: in march, hannah gutierrez reed was found guilty. her convictio

actor alec baldwin — who's been charged with the involuntary manslaughter of the cinematographer halyna hutchensin court again later on wednesday. ms hutchins was killed by a bullet fired from a gun alec baldwin was using as part of a scene. he's pleading not guilty, saying other crew members had told him the gun was safe, and that the weapon went off without him pulling the trigger. emma vardy reports. you were in the room when the lady...? the one holding the gun, yeah. 0k, all righty. this was the moment police arrived on the set of the western movie rust after a scene had gone terribly wrong. alec baldwin was the actor on set that pulled the trigger? the pistol being used by alec baldwin had fired a live round, killing the cinematographer halyna hutchins. what's yourjob there with them? i'm the armourer. or at least i was. the mystery of how live rounds ended up on the film set was revealed earlier this year... oh, my god. ..when the film's armourer, hannah gutierrez, stood trial for involuntary manslaughter. it was her responsibility to ensure weapons were safe, but she had mistakenly mixed

hutchens family down? >> no, we didn't. we did everything humanly possible to bring justice to halyna and her family and we're proud of the work we did. we disagree with the court's decision, but we have to respect it. >> and griff, the judge dismissed this case with prejudice, meaning there can be no retrial. alec baldwin could face civil suits from the family of halyna hutchins and that looks, in fact, inevitable, but in terms of a criminal trial, he is now off the hook. he is a free man, griff. griff: jonathan hunt live for us in santa fe. jonathan, thank you. molly: all right, for more on this remarkable turn of events, let's bring in the criminal attorney brian claypool. thank you for joining us and we appreciate your time on this saturday. want to get into this. we've covered trial and common for the defense to say it's time to dismiss this and they haven't proven their case, battles over evidence allowed and traded back and forth and frustration between teams what is turned over and not turned over. what happened here and how shocking do you find it to be? >> great to be with you, this is like winning the lottery. think