Alec Baldwin, 66, makes his first court appearance in New Mexico - but leaves Hilaria at home in New York - as Rust involuntary manslaughter trial set to begin

Alec Baldwin appeared successful a New Mexico court connected Monday up of his manslaughter proceedings complete a fatal shooting connected nan group of his Western movie 'Rust'. 

Baldwin, 66, is facing a azygous felony count of involuntary manslaughter and up to 18 months down bars pursuing nan decease of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. 

In tribunal connected Monday, Baldwin sat betwixt his attorneys and thumbed done papers, wearing glasses and close-cropped hair. 

The proceedings is group to commencement tomorrow pinch assemblage action and is scheduled to past 10 days. 

While nan character sat successful court, his woman Hilaria was spotted alongside their girl Carmen picking up luncheon successful New York City.

In October 2021, Baldwin was rehearsing a cross-draw maneuver pinch nan revolver erstwhile nan weapon went off, killing Hutchins and wounding head Joel Souza. 

Baldwin has pleaded not blameworthy and claims nan weapon accidentally fired aft he pointed it toward Hutchins and pulled backmost nan hammer, erstwhile it fired.

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer has ruled that his domiciled arsenic a co-producer isn't applicable to nan trial, siding pinch his defense attorneys.

Judge Sommer said told nan court: 'I'm having existent trouble pinch nan state's position that they want to show that arsenic a shaper he didn't travel guidelines and truthful arsenic an character Mr. Baldwin did each of these things incorrect that resulted successful nan decease of Ms. Hutchins because arsenic a shaper he allowed these things to happen.

'I'm denying grounds of his position arsenic a producer.'

Special charismatic Erlinda Johnson based on unsuccessfully to let grounds that Baldwin's 'role arsenic a shaper made him keenly alert of his responsibilities connected set' for safety.

'It goes to Mr. Baldwin's knowledge, knowing that his behaviour connected group was negligent,' she said. 

Last week, nan judge cleared nan measurement for important firearms experts for nan prosecution to attest astir Baldwin's handling of nan revolver and whether nan weapon was functioning decently anterior to nan fatal shooting.

Prosecutors person based on that a authorities workplace information investigation, which recovered superior violations connected set, was incomplete, untrustworthy and should beryllium prohibited from nan trial.

In April of this year, Hannah Guttierez-Reed, nan armorer connected set, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Hutchins's decease and sentenced to 18 months. 

The nighttime earlier nan incident, six members of nan camera unit discontinue because of their concerns complete safety.

The assemblage heard that Baldwin commissioned head Souza to constitute nan script, which he owned nan authorities to. Baldwin was nan lead character connected nan movie and was besides a producer.

The tribunal heard that Baldwin himself made nan group unsafe by waving his weapon for illustration a 'pointing stick' astatine people.  

The FBI conducted an accidental discharge trial connected nan weapon by striking it from respective angles pinch a rawhide mallet, yet breaking nan gun.

Prosecutors scheme to coming grounds astatine proceedings that they opportunity shows nan firearm 'could not person fired absent a propulsion of nan trigger' and was moving decently earlier nan shooting.

Baldwin has doubly been charged successful Hutchins's death. Prosecutors dismissed an earlier charge, past refiled it aft receiving a caller study of nan revolver that Baldwin pointed astatine Hutchins.

Since nan 2021 shooting, nan filming of Rust resumed but moved to Montana nether an statement pinch Hutchins's husband, Matthew Hutchins, which made him an executive producer.

The completed movie has not yet been released for nationalist viewing.