Alec Baldwin arrives at court for pretrial hearing over fatal shooting of cinematographer

A New Mexico judge is considering an array of restrictions on evidence, testimony and arguments ahead of a trial for Alec Baldwin. The actor has appeared in court Monday for a pretrial hearing over a single charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a cinematographer. Halyna Hutchins was killed in October 2021 when a gun Baldwin was holding went off on the set of Western film “Rust.” Baldwin has pleaded not guilty. Defense attorneys want to exclude consideration of Baldwin’s additional role as co-producer. Prosecutors want to prohibit presentations designed to garner sympathy for Baldwin as remorseful.