Alec Baldwin Trial on Hold as Judge Considers Defense Request to Dismiss Case

SANTA FE, N.M.—Alec Baldwin ’s involuntary manslaughter trial in New Mexico came to a sudden and surprising halt on Friday while the judge considers a defense motion to dismiss the case over disputed ammunition evidence in the killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer sent the jury home for the day and told them to return Monday after what was supposed to be a short morning hearing on the matter, but raised more questions than expected and prompted her to call for further testimony outside the presence of jurors. The defense argued that prosecutors hid evidence from them about the ammunition that may be related to the shooting on the set of the Western “Rust” in 2021. The defense said they should have had the ability to determine its importance....