{"id":35656,"date":"2023-02-20T19:51:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T02:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/5-year-firearms-enhancement-dropped-in-baldwin-shooting-case\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:26:21","slug":"5-year-firearms-enhancement-dropped-in-baldwin-shooting-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/5-year-firearms-enhancement-dropped-in-baldwin-shooting-case\/","title":{"rendered":"5-year firearms enhancement dropped in Baldwin shooting case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prosecutors have dropped the possibility of a sentence enhancement that could have carried a mandatory five-year sentence against Alec Baldwin in a fatal film-set shooting, according to new court filings made public Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (Associated Press file photo)<\/span>Seth Wenig<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

SANTA FE \u2013 Prosecutors have dropped the possibility of a sentence enhancement that could have carried a mandatory five-year sentence against Alec Baldwin<\/a> in a fatal film-set shooting, according to new court filings made public Monday.<\/p>\n

The actor-producer\u2019s attorneys had earlier objected to the enhancement, saying it was unconstitutional because it was added after the October 2021 shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe prosecutors committed a basic legal error by charging Mr. Baldwin under a version of the firearm-enhancement statue that did not exist on the date of the accident,\u201d Baldwin\u2019s attorneys said in an earlier court filing.<\/p>\n

Baldwin\u2019s attorney declined to comment.<\/p>\n

Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed,<\/a> the weapons supervisor on the set of the film \u201cRust,\u201d were charged last month with felony involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who died shortly who died shortly after being wounded during rehearsals at a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe.<\/p>\n

Authorities said Baldwin was pointing a pistol at Hutchins when the gun went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza.<\/p>\n

Hutchins\u2019 parents and sister have filed a lawsuit over the shooting after a similar suit filed by her husband and son was settled.<\/p>\n

Production is expected to resume this spring on \u201cRust\u201d after it was halted following the shooting. Rust Movie Productions said Hutchins\u2019 widower, Matthew Hutchins, will be the film\u2019s new executive producer with Blanca Cline as the new cinematographer.<\/p>\n

Rust Movie Productions said last week a related documentary will detail the completion of the film and the life of Halyna Hutchins.<\/p>\n

Souza will return as director when production resumes, although it\u2019s unclear in what state the filming will take place.<\/p>\n

Rust Movie Productions officials said the use of \u201cworking weapons\u201d and \u201cany form of ammunition\u201d will be prohibited on the movie set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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