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(NewsNation) — Opening statements are acceptable to statesman Wednesday successful Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial successful the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer connected the set of his movie "Rust."
A 16-person jury — 11 women and 5 men — was selected Tuesday; 4 jurors volition beryllium deemed alternates portion the different 12 volition deliberate erstwhile they get the case.
The shooting decease of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins astir 3 years agone sent daze waves done the movie manufacture and led to 1 felony complaint against Baldwin that could effect successful up to 18 months successful prison. Baldwin has pleaded not guilty.
Both the prosecution and defence are expected to spell implicit respective motions involving witnesser testimony, subpoenas and transportation, to sanction conscionable a fewer issues.
What to expect from prosecutors
Prosecutors accidental they'll contiguous grounds that Baldwin went “off script” and failed to travel basal manufacture standards for firearms information erstwhile helium pointed the firearm astatine Hutchins connected Oct. 21, 2021.
Additionally, prosecutors are expected to reason that Baldwin acted with disregard for the information of others and that it was his negligent usage of a firearm. They're besides expected to reason that helium had much work for information due to the fact that helium was not conscionable an histrion successful the movie but a producer.
What to expect from the defense
The defense, connected the different hand, is expected to reason that it isn’t the occupation of an histrion to marque definite unrecorded rounds are not successful his gun, a presumption powerfully supported by the actor’s union.
Baldwin’s attorneys volition astir apt besides onslaught the weapon grounds and accidental that harm to the revolver done during an FBI trial was owed to the demolition of evidence.
What charges is Alec Baldwin facing?
Baldwin is facing charges helium negligently disregarded the information of others aft Hutchins was killed connected set.
The weapon Baldwin was utilizing successful the country was meant to beryllium loaded with dummy rounds. During a rehearsal, Baldwin allegedly pointed the weapon astatine the camera and fired. Hutchins was killed and manager Joel Souza was injured successful the shooting.
Baldwin, who was besides a shaper connected the film, has maintained helium did not propulsion the trigger connected the limb and that it fired by accident, thing FBI analysts disputed aft examining the gun.
It's not wide who brought unrecorded rounds onto the set.
What happened to Hannah Gutierrez-Reed?
Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is presently serving an 18-month situation sentence for involuntary manslaughter aft being convicted earlier this year. She was the idiosyncratic connected acceptable liable for maintaining and keeping way of weapons utilized successful the movie, and prosecutors alleged she was negligent for not realizing unrecorded rounds had been mixed successful with a container of dummy rounds.
Gutierrez-Reed’s lawyers argued that producers had failed to support the acceptable harmless and did not clasp capable information meetings. They besides said Baldwin had failed to wage attraction to firearms information briefings.
Gutierrez-Reed has appealed and has accused prosecutors of withholding evidence.
NewsNation's Steph Whiteside, Brian Entin and Kelsey Kernstein and the Associated Press contributed to this story.
