Alec Baldwin trial: judge mulls dismissal after claim that state withheld evidence

Actor's defense team at Rust film set shooting trial accuses state of concealing ammunition turned over to police

The judge in Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial is considering a motion from the defense to dismiss the case after the actor's lawyers argued that the state improperly withheld evidence.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the Rust armorer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter earlier this year, was initially expected take the stand at Baldwin's trial on Friday. But the proceedings took a dramatic turn as Baldwin's defense team accused the state of concealing evidence that would have been favorable to the actor and asked Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer to throw out the case.