Baldwin’s case was thrown out by the judge after three days, based on testimony heard in court that police and prosecutors had withheld potential evidence from the defence.
Alec Baldwin has said he may sue a state prosecutor and sheriff over their failed attempt to prosecute him over a fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust.
The case against Baldwin was thrown out by a judge after three days, based on testimony heard in court that police and prosecutors had withheld potential evidence from the defence.
The actor was holding a gun which went off on the set in New Mexico in 2021, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
His lawyers have now sent letters to New Mexico prosecutor Kari Morrissey and Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza asking them to preserve documents for future litigation, according to Reuters.
It comes after the armourer for the Western film asked a judge to dismiss her involuntary manslaughter conviction or order a new trial over the fatal shooting.
The defence counsel for Hannah Gutierrez argued in a new court filing her case should be reconsidered because Baldwin’s case revealed prosecutors failed to share evidence that might have helped her case.
In a new court document submitted on behalf of Gutierrez, who earlier this year was jailed for 18 months for her role in Ms Hutchins’ death, defence lawyer Jason Bowles argues her case should be no different.
“The intentional withholding of crucial evidence… by the State has compromised the integrity of the entire judicial process,” he says in the filing.
Kari Morrissey, the lead prosecutor in both the Baldwin and Gutierrez cases, says her written response will be filed in court next week.
In his court filing, Mr Bowles says Ms Morrissey “lied to this court several times”.
Gutierrez already has an appeal pending in a higher court on her involuntary manslaughter conviction.