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Alec Baldwin’s Rust shooting trial dismissed after lawyers say evidence was withheld

New Mexico judge agreed charges against actor should be dropped after his lawyers said state ‘buried’ evidence about live ammunition

One week into Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial, a New Mexico judge has dismissed the case against the actor and found that the state improperly withheld evidence. The development in hearings Friday brings to a sudden end, at least temporarily, the ongoing criminal case against Baldwin over death of Halyna Hutchins on the Rust movie set. Prosecutors have long said evidence shows that Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the film’s armorer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in March, was the source of the live round.

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