Alec Baldwin Gets His Day in Court: Trial Begins in Fatal Set Shooting
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Nearly three years after accidentally shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, actor Alec Baldwin gets his day in court on Wednesday, as his involuntary manslaughter trial begins in Santa Fe, N.M. Erlinda Ocampo Johnson, a defense lawyer who was appointed by the Santa Fe D.A.’s office as one of two special prosecutors in the case, will deliver an opening statement. She is expected to lay out a road map for the panel of 16 jurors, including four alternates, explaining what happened on the set of “Rust,” and why the state believes Baldwin is guilty.