Alec Baldwin's defense
Baldwin will bring with him an elite legal team of mostly New York-based attorneys, many of them Harvard Law graduates, from the firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Alex Spiro, a 41-year-old defense attorney who has represented Elon Musk, Megan Thee Stallion and other prominent figures and has become among the most sought-after lawyers in the country, will give aggressive cross-examination to the state's witnesses.
The defense will try to show that it is not the job of an actor to make sure real rounds are not in his gun, a position strongly supported by Baldwin's union, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
The prosecution team
Santa Fe County District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies appointed Kari Morrissey as a special prosecutor in the Baldwin case in early 2023 after her predecessor stepped down because of conflicts of interest. Morrissey promptly had the indictment against Baldwin dismissed, but
revived it in January of this year by grand jury. Both moves came from further examination of the evidence, she said.
Morrissey graduated from the University of New Mexico and its law school and practiced law in Albuquerque for more than 20 years. New Mexico criminal defense attorney Erlinda Johnson joined Morrissey's team in April
Alec Baldwin is charged with felony involuntary manslaughter in the Oct. 21, 2021, shooting death of Halyna Hutchins.
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