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(Reuters) A New Mexico judge on Friday denied the prosecutions request that convicted Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez be given immunity to testify at the July trial of Alec Baldwin for the 2021 fatal shooting of the movies cinematographer...
Gutierrez was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March for the on-set killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and was what Morrissey called an incredibly important witness against Baldwin..
Prosecutor Kari Morrissey said during a hearing Friday that she still might call Gutierrez to the stand, though the judge said it was clear from preliminary interviews and from her lawyers arguments Friday that Gutierrez would not answer questions on the stand, with or without immunity...
Also on Friday, district court judge Mary Marlowe Sommer allowed a group of defense witnesses to remain after Baldwins legal team requested they be removed from their list following pre-trial interviews...
State prosecutor Morrissey said in a court filing that one of the witnesses, Zachariah Sneesby, said in a pre-trial interview that he saw Baldwin pull the trigger of the revolver when it fired the round that killed Hutchins...
