A New Mexico judge on Friday brought a sudden and stunning end to the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin, dismissing it in the middle of the actor's trial and saying it cannot be filed again.Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case based on misconduct of police and prosecutors over the withholding of evidence from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film 맥스카지노�Rust.맥스카지노�Baldwin cried, hugged his two attorneys, gestured to the front of the court, then turned to hug his crying wife, Hilaria, the mother of seven of his eight children, holding the embrace for 12 seconds. He climbed into an SUV outside the Santa Fe County courthouse without speaking to the media.맥스카지노�The late discovery of this evidence during trial has impeded the effective use of evidence in such a way that it has impacted the fundamental fairness of the proceedings,맥스카지노� Marlowe Sommer said. 맥스카지노�If this conduct does not rise to the level of bad faith it certainly comes so near to bad faith to show signs of scorching.맥스카지노�The case-ending evidence, revealed during testimony Thursday, was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammo unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged they 맥스카지노�buried맥스카지노� it and filed a motion to dismiss the case.The judge's decision ends the criminal culpability of the 66-year-old Baldwin after a nearly three-year saga that began when a revolver he was pointing at Hutchins during a rehearsal went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza.맥스카지노�Our goal from the beginning was to seek justice for Halyna Hutchins,맥스카지노� District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said in a statement. 맥스카지노�We are disappointed that the case did not get to the jury.맥스카지노�The career of the 맥스카지노�Hunt for Red October맥스카지노� and 맥스카지노�30 Rock맥스카지노� star and frequent 맥스카지노�Saturday Night Live맥스카지노� host 맥스카지노� who has been a household name for more than three decades 맥스카지노� had been put into doubt, and he could have gotten 18 months in prison if convicted. It's not clear what opportunities will await him now, but he and his wife signed an agreement for a reality show on their large family in June.Baldwin and other producers still face civil lawsuits from Hutchins' parents and sister, and from crew members. Hutchins' widower and young son had agreed to settle their own lawsuit about a year after the shooting, with the widower becoming an executive producer on the then-unfinished film.But that settlement was reportedly in jeopardy before the trial, and the lawyer who filed it, Brian Panish, now said in a statement that 맥스카지노�we look forward to presenting all the evidence to a jury and holding Mr. Baldwin accountable for his actions in the senseless death of Halyna Hutchins.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�Rust,맥스카지노� an independent Western, was completed in Montana. It has not found a distributor or been seen by the public.Prosecutors did get one conviction for Hutchins' death: Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the film맥스카지노�s armorer, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on an involuntary manslaughter conviction.She is appealing, and her attorney Jason Bowles said he would file a motion to dismiss his client맥스카지노�s case on the same basis as Baldwin's.Video below: Special prosecutor reacts to judge dismissing Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter caseMarlowe Sommer put a pause on the trial earlier Friday and sent the jury home so she could hear testimony and arguments on the dismissal motion.Troy Teske, a retired police officer and a close friend of Gutierrez-Reed's father Thell Reed, who is a gun coach and armorer on movies, was the person who appeared with the ammunition on the same day the guilty verdict in her case was read.Teske and the ammunition had been known to authorities since a few weeks after the shooting, but they determined it was not relevant.The evidence was collected but crucially was not put into the same file as the rest of the 맥스카지노�Rust맥스카지노� case, and it was not presented to Baldwin맥스카지노�s team when they examined ballistics evidence in April.The issue came up during defense questioning of crime scene technician Marissa Poppell, who acknowledged receiving the ammunition, a moment that the judge watched on a police supervisor's body camera Friday.Morrissey argued that the emergence of the evidence was part of an attempt by Reed to shift blame away from his daughter.맥스카지노�This is a wild goose chase that has no evidentiary value whatsoever,맥스카지노� Morrissey said. 맥스카지노�This is just a man trying to protect his daughter.맥스카지노�The evidence might not have mattered in Baldwin's case were it included. The charges against him did not allege that he was responsible for the deadly rounds being on set. But the defense's lack of access to it was deemed egregious enough for a dismissal.The trial's other special prosecutor, Erlinda Ocampo Johnson, who delivered the state's opening statement just two days ago, resigned from the case Friday, a move that would have been stunning in itself were it not followed moments later by the dismissal. Baldwin attorney Alex Spiro asked Morrissey whether Johnson quit based on the evidence issues, and Morrissey said she believed it was over the holding of the public hearing itself.Morrissey said she respects the judge맥스카지노�s decision but that there was no reason to believe the undisclosed evidence was related to the movie set.The trial was over after it had barely begun. Prosecutors had only started to make their case, and none of the eyewitnesses from the set had testified yet.Baldwin's younger brother Stephen Baldwin and older sister Elizabeth Keuchler, both actors themselves, sat behind him in the gallery next to his wife each day of the trial, which was streamed live by AP and Court TV. Reporters from both coasts filled the small courtroom and patio outside.The judge dealt a serious blow to the prosecution's case when on the eve of the trial on Monday when she ruled that Baldwin's role as a producer on the film was not relevant and had to be left out.Still, prosecutors forged ahead, painting Baldwin in their openings as a reckless performer who 맥스카지노�played make-believe맥스카지노� while flouting basic gun safety rules.Spiro, the defense lawyer, argued that his client did only what actors always do on the 맥스카지노�Rust맥스카지노� set and that the necessary safety steps must be taken before a gun reaches a performer's hand.Baldwin was first charged with involuntary manslaughter along with Gutierrez-Reed in January 2023. The charges were dismissed a few months later, but a new team of special prosecutors got a grand jury indictment against the actor this year.The 16 jurors, including alternates, went home Friday thinking they would return Monday for one of the most high-profile trials in state history. They were instead informed by the court that their service had ended.___Dalton reported from Los Angeles.