My Alec Baldwin MEA CULPA!

By Attorney Andrew Branca | March 8, 2023 | Comments Off on My Alec Baldwin MEA CULPA!

A week or two ago, while guesting on Rekieta Law during our relentless and arduous coverage of the Alex Murdaugh trial, news broke that #alecbaldwin had been relieved of the sentencing enhancement charge that the NM prosecutor had brought against him on top of the involuntary manslaughter charge. I had taken a quick look at …

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Legal Analysis: Alec Baldwin Manslaughter Charge!

February 5, 2023

On January 31, 2023, New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies filed a statement of probable cause for involuntary manslaughter in the October 21, 2021 shooting death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of low-budget western movie “Rust.” My own legal analysis of that event, beginning the day following the shooting, had 13 months …

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Alec Baldwin Statement of Probable Cause

January 31, 2023

Here’s the just-filed Alec Baldwin statement of probable cause charging him with involuntary manslaughter.  I note in passing that one might also imagine that the author of this probable cause statement had thoroughly read my own series of legal analysis of this tragedy, which began the day after the shooting.

FINALLY! Alec Baldwin Charged with Manslaughter in Shooting Death of Halyna Hutchins

January 19, 2023

This morning New Mexico District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced that actor Alec Baldwin would be charged with two counts of manslaughter in the October 21, 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins as the two worked together on the set of the low-budget movie “Rust.” This decision to charge Baldwin with manslaughter comes a mere …

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Adam Baldwin Talks Movie Set Gun Handling!

November 13, 2022

I’m enormously pleased to announce that my good friend & actor Adam Baldwin–Animal Mother, Jayne, Mike Slattery, and so much more–will be joining me LIVE to share his career of experience in the safe gun handling of firearms on a movie set. This discussion is, of course, in the context of the apparent reckless manslaughter …

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Could Alec Baldwin Be On the Hook for MURDER Murder?

September 30, 2022

Alec Baldwin certainly seems to have an open-and-shut conviction waiting for him on the charge of involuntary manslaughter. I’ve also discussed how there’s a legal path to a conviction for felony murder. Today we explore the legal path for Baldwin to be found guilty of MURDER murder. SECOND: We will cover how fellow actor on …

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More Alec Baldwin Analysis: Law of Self Defense Guests on Legal Vices

September 28, 2022

Hey folks, earlier today (Oct. 28, 2022) I was kindly invited on as a guest on the YouTube channel of Legal Vices, an American attorney living in Korea, (https://www.youtube.com/c/pusanguy/featured) to talk about the #AlecBaldwin legal situation. Also a guest on the show was Sean Martin, a lawyer out of Ohio (https://www.youtube.com/potentiallycriminal). Here’s the section of …

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Alec Baldwin on Short List for Prosecution in Shooting

September 27, 2022

On October 21, 2021, while on a New Mexico movie set, actor Alec Baldwin pointed an actual gun, an inherently dangerous instrument, at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, without first ensuring the gun was unloaded, and killed her without legal justification. This conduct and outcome are a textbook example of a criminally reckless killing, often referred to …

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Medical Examiner: Alec Baldwin Fatal Shooting An Accident–LOSD: Nope

August 17, 2022

Medical examiner in shooting death of Halyna Hutchins by #AlecBaldwin calls it an “accident”–a medical finding. This death is NOT an accident in any use-of-force law sense & Baldwin still appears criminally liable. NEW! Law of Self Defense LAW SCHOOL COURSES! First-year law school classes, as Attorney Branca was taught them. First 20 students 50% …

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The Hunt for Red Manslaughter: Alec Baldwin’s Damning Police Interview

April 27, 2022

Welcome to our show today in which we mostly cover Alec Baldwin’s rather damning interview with sheriff’s deputies, the investigators on this matter of Baldwin’s shooting dead of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, immediately after the shooting.

Alec Baldwin: Could His Killing of Halyna Hutchins Be Murder & Life Imprisonment?

December 6, 2021

On October 21 the actor Alec Baldwin fired a .45 Long Colt round into the body of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, killing her, while on the set of low-budget Western film “Rust.”