Baldwin’s attorneys filed a motion saying a specific firearm enhancement, which carries a mandatory five-year jail sentence, doesn’t apply to his case.
Alec Baldwin’s attorneys filed a motion Friday arguing New Mexico prosecutors have wrongly charged the actor under a statue that doesn’t apply to his case — and which carries a mandatory five-year jail sentence.
Baldwin was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter late last month for the Oct. 2021 fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, one of which is more serious and includes a firearm enhancement that would carry the mandatory jail sentence. If the case ends up going to trial, jurors would have to decide which involuntary manslaughter charge Baldwin is guilty of, if either.
In a motion filed in Santa Fe’s First Judicial District, Baldwin’s attorneys argue that specific enhancement doesn’t apply to Baldwin because the statute was changed in May 2022, seven months after the incident.
«The prosecutors in this case have committed an unconstitutional and elementary legal error by charging Mr.
