New Mexico judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case with prejudice based on the misconduct of police and prosecutors over the withholding of evidence from the defense. Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Haylyna Hutchins, the cinematographer on the set of 'Rust', who was fatally shot in 2021 when a prop gun discharged.
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00:00The state's discovery violation has injected a needless and curable delay into the instant
00:06jury trial.
00:08Dismissal with prejudice is warranted to ensure the integrity of the judicial system and the
00:13efficient administration of justice.
00:17Your motion to dismiss with prejudice is granted.
00:25Now with respect to the jury, I don't imagine you all want to return on Monday.
00:29I will take care of the jury.
00:32We are in recess.
00:33I'm going to finish.
00:34Dismissal.
00:35Dismissal.
00:59Dismissal.