Amid Baldwin furor, 'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez wants case dismissed too

Days after New Mexico's case against Alec Baldwin collapsed amid allegations of evidence concealment in the 'Rust' shooting, armorer Hannah Gutierrez asked a judge to dismiss her case as well. Gutierrez's lawyer, Jason Bowles, filed a 23-page motion late Tuesday asking that either Gutierrez's involuntary manslaughter conviction be overturned or that she receive a new trial due to 'severe and ongoing discovery violations by the state.

Despite warnings from the judge that she did not have to testify, Morrissey took the witness stand to give sworn testimony about her handling of the Teske ammunition and the Baldwin case. Shortly before, Morrissey's co-counsel, Erlinda O. Johnson, resigned from the case. Johnson told NewsNation's Chris Cuomo that she stepped down because Morrissey had told her she hadn't seen the ammunition before — but that appeared not to be the case. 'We have an obligation as prosecutors ...

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