Conviction of film gunsmith in fatal shooting on set of Rust by Alec Baldwin confirmed

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed asked a court to overturn her conviction or set a new trial in the shooting, alleging misconduct and suppression of evidence by law enforcement.

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer halted and ended Baldwin’s trial in July due to police and prosecutors’ misconduct and withholding evidence from the defense related to the 2021 shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set outside Santa Fe.

Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March by a jury in a trial led by Marlowe Sommer, who later sentenced her to the maximum sentence of 18 months.

Gutierrez-Reed’s involuntary manslaughter conviction is already pending appeal in a higher court.

Prosecutors accused Gutierrez-Reed of unintentionally bringing live ammunition to the set of “Rust” and failing to follow basic gun safety protocols.

Gutierrez-Reed’s lawyers argued that her case should be reconsidered because prosecutors failed to turn over evidence that might have been exculpatory.

She was acquitted at trial of allegations that she had tampered with evidence in the Rust investigation.

Gutierrez-Reed also pleaded not guilty to a separate felony charge of allegedly carrying a gun into a Santa Fe bar where firearms are banned.

A proposed plea agreement awaits judicial review.

Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer of Rust, was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal for a film set outside Santa Fe in October 2021 when the revolver exploded, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.