New trial denied for 'Rust' armorer convicted in deadly 'Rust' film set shooting

by SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Associated PressHannah Gutierrez-Reed, the former armorer at the movie "Rust", listens to closing arguments in her trial at district court on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M.

Defense attorneys for Gutierrez-Reed had filed a request earlier this month for a new trial and urged the judge to release their client from jail as deliberations proceeded. Attorney Jason Bowles told the judge Friday that his client had no violations during the trial, takes care of her father and has been in counseling.The judge responded: "Keep in mind there was a death that the jury determined was caused by her so I'm not releasing her.

In court filings, defense attorneys asserted that the jury instructions in the case could confuse jurors and lead to a nonunanimous verdict. Similar objections to the jury instructions were rejected at trial, but Bowles on Friday brought up a new ruling from the New Mexico Supreme Court in an unrelated case that addressed situations when jurors have two or more specific acts to consider when deliberating a charge.

Baldwin has maintained that he pulled back the gun's hammer, but not the trigger. Testimony by an independent gun expert during Gutierrez-Reed's trial cast doubt on Baldwin's account that his gun went off without pulling the trigger.

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