Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial in a modern, brown-stucco courthouse in downtown Santa Fe is expected to last eight days and run to July 19
Attorney Alex Spiro, left, sits next to his client, actor Alec Baldwin in District Court in Santa Fe, N.M., during a preliminary hearing on July 8.The inner workings of a Colt .
Legal analysts and firearms specialists had long expected Baldwin’s case to hinge on whether he should have inspected the gun after he was told it was “cold,” an industry term meaning it was empty or contained inert, dummy rounds. Baldwin’s legal team last year countered with photographic evidence the Italian-made Pietta gun’s full-cock notch had been filed down, making it easier to fire. That allowed a mechanical failure or “accidental discharge” without a trigger pull, they said.
The FBI destroyed the gun during testing and the actor’s lawyers said they were left with no way to prove it was modified. Still, jurors may not buy Baldwin’s argument that, as an actor, he was not responsible for firearms safety and relied on set experts like Gutierrez and Halls.
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