'Never did the safety checks': Jury member speaks following 'Rust' armorer guilty verdict
Updated: 10:56 AM EST Mar 7, 2024
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER VERDICT. BUT AT SOME POINT THE JURY DID HAVE A QUESTION A CLARIFICATION QUESTION TO ASK THE PROSECUTION. THEY WENT BACK INSIDE, MADE THEIR DECISION AND CAME OUT. NOW THE FEELING IN THE COURTROOM WAS PRETTY QUIET AS THE VERDICT WAS READ. WE COULD SEE HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED REALLY PUTTING HER HEAD DOWN, REALLY TAKING THAT MOMENT IN. NOW, JUDGE MARLOW SOMMER DID ASK FOR HER TO BE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. RIGHT IN THAT MOMENT. AND IN THAT MOMENT, A WOMAN IN THE JURY IN THE ROOM, THE COURTROOM AT THAT TIME ALSO HAD A VERY STRONG REACTION. WE DON바카라 게임 웹사이트T KNOW HOW SHE바카라 게임 웹사이트S RELATED TO HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED, BUT THEY DID EXCHANGE A FEW WORDS BEFORE SHE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. AND RIGHT NOW, AS WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE COURTROOM, WE DID SEE SOME OF THOSE JURORS WALK OUT, AND I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO ONE OF THEM WHO REALLY SAID THIS WAS A VERY EASY DECISION. IT WAS A LOT OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT SHE COULD HAVE PAUSED WORK, STOPPED, CLEARED IT ALL UP, AND JUST NEVER DID. PRETTY MUCH. IT WAS JUST THAT ALL THE NEVER DID THE SAFETY CHECKS, NEVER CHECKED THE ROUNDS TO PULL THEM OUT, TO LOOK AT THEM, SHAKE THEM. I MEAN, IF YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트D HAVE DONE THAT, THIS WOULDN바카라 게임 웹사이트T HAVE HAPPENED. SAME JUROR DID ANSWER A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO ASK HIM WAS IF HE BELIEVED THAT AT ANY POINT HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED WAS SABOTAGED, AND HE ANSWERED NO TO THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE OUR KOAT LEGAL EXPERT, JOHN ROYALE DA. WE바카라 게임 웹사이트VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CASE PRETTY MUCH SINCE THE BEGINNING. WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK STOOD OUT AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THESE TEN DAYS OF TRIAL? AND FINALLY, THIS VERDICT? WELL, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S CLEAR THAT THE JURORS TOOK VERY SERIOUSLY THE IDEA THAT HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED HAD A JOB, AND THAT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GUNS AND THE AMMO AND EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE SET WERE SAFE. THINGS WERE TREATED WITH CARE AND CAUTION, AND THE JURORS, IT WAS CLEAR THEY DIDN바카라 게임 웹사이트T THINK THAT SHE DID THAT. SO THAT WAS A VERY QUICK VERDICT. YOU KNOW, THEY WENT IN THERE, THEY HAD TO PICK A FOREMAN THAT PROBABLY TOOK 5 OR 10 MINUTES. AND SO THE REST OF THAT TIME WAS SPENT LOOKING AT THE JURY INSTRUCTIONS. BUT I THINK GOING INTO THE DELIBERATION. THE JURORS KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK SHOCKED EVERYONE IN THE COURTROOM ROOM WAS THE MOMENT THAT THE PROSECUTION ASKED FOR HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED TO BE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND JUDGE MARLOW SUMMER, SHE GRANTED THAT PRETTY INSTANTLY. TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT. WELL, THE JUDGE COULD HAVE SAID, I바카라 게임 웹사이트M GOING TO LET YOU OUT. YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트VE BEEN ON CONDITIONS OF RELEASE THIS WHOLE TIME, AND YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트VE ABIDED BY THE CONDITIONS. THERE HAVE BEEN NO VIOLATIONS. THE JUDGE COULD HAVE SAID, I바카라 게임 웹사이트M GOING TO LET YOU OUT UNTIL THE SENTENCING SEASON. BUT SHE DIDN바카라 게임 웹사이트T DO THAT. SHE SAID SOMEONE DIED HERE. YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트RE GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트RE GOING TO BE REMANDED INTO CUSTODY. SO HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED IS GOING TO BE SPENDING TONIGHT AND PROBABLY MANY MORE NIGHTS UNTIL SENTENCING AT THE SANTA FE ADULT DETENTION CENTER. RIGHT NOW, FROM EVERYTHING THAT WE바카라 게임 웹사이트VE SEEN SO FAR ON THIS TRIAL, WE바카라 게임 웹사이트VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF EVIDENCE, VIDEOS, PHOTOS, AMMUNITION, VIDEOS OF ALEC BALDWIN, WHAT KIND OF PRECEDENT OR MESSAGE DO YOU THINK THIS SENDS? AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO ALEC BALDWIN바카라 게임 웹사이트S TRIAL FOR FOR THE SAME RUST SHOOTING? WELL, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING NIGHT FOR ALEC BALDWIN AND HIS DEFENSE TEAM TONIGHT. I MEAN, BECAUSE THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트VE BEEN ABLE TO WATCH THE PROSECUTION LAY OUT THEIR CASE SO THEY GET SOME INSIGHT INTO THE PROSECUTION바카라 게임 웹사이트S PLAYBOOK. SO WHEN THEIR TRIAL STARTS IN JULY OR WHENEVER IT DOES START, THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트RE GOING TO KNOW HOW THE PROSECUTION PRESENTS ITS CASE, HOW THEY ARE IN COURT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PROSECUTORS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO POLISH THEIR CASE. THEY KNOW HOW TO PRESENT THEIR CASE. THEY KNOW THAT THEY WERE EFFECTIVE. THEY KNOW THAT THE JURORS LIKED WHAT THEY SAW. AND SO WHEN THEY GO IN FOR THE BALDWIN TRIAL, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT JURY, OF COURSE. BUT THE BALDWIN TRIAL, THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트VE GOT ONE CONVICTION UNDER THEIR BELT. AND SO BALDWIN바카라 게임 웹사이트S TEAM IS GOING TO BE WATCHING VERY CAREFULLY AND GOING THROUGH EVERY SINGLE BIT OF EVIDENCE, EVERY SINGLE WITNESS, ALL THE TESTIMONY TO SEE HOW THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트RE GOING TO PUT THEIR CASE TOGETHER IN JULY OR WHENEVER IT IS. UH, THE ALEC BALDWIN CASE WILL ALSO BE HEARD IN FRONT OF THE SAME JUDGE. NOW THAT THIS JUDGE HAS HEARD ALL OF THIS EVIDENCE, SHE바카라 게임 웹사이트S HEARD FROM THE STATE AND THE DEFENSE, OBVIOUSLY, ALEC BALDWIN WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT DEFENSE TEAM. BUT REALLY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THAT TRIAL? WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS JUDGE I THINK THIS CASE, SHE TRIED THIS CASE, A VERY CLEAN CASE. SHE WAS VERY DIRECT. SHE바카라 게임 웹사이트S KNOWN FOR THAT, OF COURSE, IN THIS AREA. BUT, YOU KNOW, BALDWIN바카라 게임 웹사이트S TEAM GOT TO SEE THE PLAYBOOK. BALDWIN바카라 게임 웹사이트S TEAM GOT TO SEE WHAT THE PROSECUTORS ARE LIKE. AND SO BALDWIN NOW KNOWS WHAT HE바카라 게임 웹사이트S UP AGAINST. AND OF COURSE, HE KNOWS IF THERE IS A CONVICTION. IS THERE A CHANCE THAT HE WOULD ALSO BE REMANDED TO JAIL? THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOHN. WELL, THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S THE VERDICT THAT WE HEARD GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, WHAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S NEXT? BUT HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY TODAY. BUT WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR A SENTENCING DATE TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH TIME SHE WILL SPEND IN JAIL. WE DID HEAR FROM HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY, JASON BOWLES, WHO SAID THEY WILL BE APPEALING THIS DECISION
'Never did the safety checks': Jury member speaks following 'Rust' armorer guilty verdict
Updated: 10:56 AM EST Mar 7, 2024
A jury on Thursday found "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the 2021 movie set shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. She was found not guilty of tampering with evidence.Hear from a juror in the video above.One member of the Santa Fe, New Mexico, jury said that they reached their verdict in part because Gutierrez-Reed did not complete safety checks."(She) never did the safety checks. Never checked the rounds 바카라 게임 웹사이트 not looking at them or shaking them. I mean, if you did that, it wouldn't have happened," jury member Alberto Sanchez said. Sanchez compared Gutierrez-Reed's lack of checking ammunition to his job, saying that he must use caution in his position as a CDL driver."I have to check my vehicle to make sure I'm not going to slam into people or something like that,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Sanchez said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트That was her job to check those rounds, those firearms."Gutierrez-Reed's attorney Jason Bowles said he does not agree with the jury's decision."My sense was the evidence was not sufficient, there was a lot of guesswork," Bowles said. "A lot of speculation. But again, the jury made this verdict, and we will be appealing that." Gutierrez-Reed faces up to 18 months in prison. She is expected to be sentenced in April.
SANTA FE, N.M. — A jury on Thursday found "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the 2021 movie set shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. She was found not guilty of tampering with evidence.
Hear from a juror in the video above.
One member of the Santa Fe, New Mexico, jury said that they reached their verdict in part because Gutierrez-Reed did not complete safety checks.
"(She) never did the safety checks. Never checked the rounds 바카라 게임 웹사이트 not looking at them or shaking them. I mean, if you did that, it wouldn't have happened," jury member Alberto Sanchez said.
Sanchez compared Gutierrez-Reed's lack of checking ammunition to his job, saying that he must use caution in his position as a CDL driver.
"I have to check my vehicle to make sure I'm not going to slam into people or something like that,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Sanchez said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트That was her job to check those rounds, those firearms."
Gutierrez-Reed's attorney Jason Bowles said he does not agree with the jury's decision.
"My sense was the evidence was not sufficient, there was a lot of guesswork," Bowles said. "A lot of speculation. But again, the jury made this verdict, and we will be appealing that."
Gutierrez-Reed faces up to 18 months in prison. She is expected to be sentenced in April.