Alec Baldwin manslaughter trial dismissed by judge over withheld evidence

US actor Alec Baldwin hugs a member of his legal team at the conclucion of his trial on involuntary manslaughter at Santa Fe County District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 12, 2024. Baldwin's trial for involuntary manslaughter was dismissed by a judge Friday after she ruled that key evidence over a fatal shooting on the set of "Rust" had been withheld from the defense. — Photo: RAMSAY DE GIVE/Pool via REUTERS

Alec Baldwin's trial for involuntary manslaughter was dismissed by a judge Friday after she ruled that key evidence over a fatal shooting on the set of Rust had been withheld from the defense.

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, presiding over the trial in Santa Fe, New Mexico, said that bullets potentially linked to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins that could have been favorable to Baldwin's case had not been shared with his lawyers by police and prosecutors.