BREAKING: The criminal charges against Alec Baldwin over that deadly on-set shooting have been dropped. DETAILS: apiotrowski9 9News
armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed were both charged with involuntary manslaughter in January.
An attorney for Gutierrez Reed has previously said she will plead not guilty and has maintained her innocence. A preliminary hearing in her case is set for May 3.Prosecutors already removed a firearm enhancement charge against Baldwin and Gutierrez Reed, reducing a potential prison sentence from five years to a maximum of 18 months.
"We are pleased with the decision to dismiss the case against Alec Baldwin and encourage a proper investigation into the facts and circumstances of this tragic accident," Baldwin's attorneys Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro told CNN. Thursday's development comes one month after the special prosecutor in the case, Andrea Reeb, stepped down.
That followed a motion by Baldwin's attorney to have Reeb disqualified as "unconstitutional" under New Mexico law due to her elected position in the New Mexico House of Representatives.Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies then also stepped away from the case and appointed long-time New Mexico attorneys Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis to serve as special prosecutors.
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