Jury is seated in Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial
Sixteen jurors were seated Tuesday for 바카라 게임 웹사이트s involuntary manslaughter trial in New Mexico, where opening statements are set to start Wednesday.
Twelve jurors and four alternates 바카라 게임 웹사이트 five men and 11 women 바카라 게임 웹사이트 were chosen by Santa Fe County special prosecutors and the actor바카라 게임 웹사이트s team of defense attorneys.
They바카라 게임 웹사이트ll be tasked with deciding whether Baldwin committed the felony when, during a rehearsal in October 2021, a revolver went off while he was pointing it at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. They were on the set of the Western film 바카라 게임 웹사이트Rust,바카라 게임 웹사이트 at Bonanza Creek Ranch some 18 miles from where the trial is being held.
The selection got off to a slow start Tuesday with a delay of over two hours due to technical problems, but the panel was selected in a single day as expected.
When Marlowe Sommer asked the pool of 70 possible jurors if they were familiar with the case, all but two raised their hands to indicate they were.
Two others indicated they would not be able to be fair and impartial and were excused.
Baldwin, the star of 바카라 게임 웹사이트30 Rock바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트The Hunt for Red October바카라 게임 웹사이트 and a major Hollywood figure for 35 years, sat in the courtroom with a team of four of his lawyers, dressed in a gray suit, dark tie, white shirt with glasses and neatly combed hair.
His wife, Hilaria Baldwin, and his brother, 바카라 게임 웹사이트The Usual Suspects바카라 게임 웹사이트 actor Stephen Baldwin, were seated in the back of the courtroom.
Under questioning from prosecutor Kari Morrissey, a potential juror said she hates firearms, but many others acknowledged owning them and few people expressed strong opinions about guns.
Baldwin's lawyer Alex Spiro in his questioning highlighted the gravity of the situation 바카라 게임 웹사이트 바카라 게임 웹사이트obviously someone lost their life바카라 게임 웹사이트 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and asked jurors to come forward with any reservations about their own ability to be fair and impartial.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Does anyone have that view, even in the slightest?바카라 게임 웹사이트 Spiro asked the group.
He asked them to come forward if they'd shared opinions about the case online. None did.
Spiro asked if any of them had strong opinions on gun safety, and whether a person can rely on an expert to ensure the safety of a gun, not just themselves.
Spiro probed for strong opinions about gun safety and whether a person can rely on an expert to ensure safety and not just themselves.
Several said they always treat a gun as if it were loaded. One man said he was taught to respect and treat guns the same way, but also deferred to an instructor during instruction he got for a concealed carry permit.
Spiro also asked whether jurors were comfortable questioning the judgment of law enforcement officials, even those testifying under oath.
He asked whether any knew potential witnesses, and several said they knew Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza, who is on the prosecution's witness list.
Getting chosen to serve in a trial of such a major star accused of such a major crime would be unusual even in Los Angeles or Baldwin바카라 게임 웹사이트s hometown of New York. But it will be essentially an unheard-of experience for those who are picked as jurors in Santa Fe, New Mexico, though in recent years the state has increasingly become a hub of Hollywood production.
Baldwin and his wife arrived at the courthouse early with their youngest child, Ilaria Catalina Irena Baldwin. The couple have seven children, ranging in ages from 1 to 10.
Baldwin has said the gun fired accidentally after he followed instructions to point it toward Hutchins, who was behind the camera. Unaware that the gun contained a live round, Baldwin said he pulled back the hammer 바카라 게임 웹사이트 not the trigger 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and it fired.
Hutchins was considered a rising star in film photography when she was killed at age 42. She was the mother of a young son who grew up on a remote Soviet military base and worked on documentary films in Eastern Europe before studying film in Los Angeles and embarking on a movie-making career.