The actor\u0027s lawyers say Andrea Reeb\u0027s involvement as both a prosecutor and state lawmaker is \u0027unconstitutional.\u0027
The 64-year-old actor is due to appear in court on February 24 over the death of Halyna Hutchins – but Baldwin’s lawyers have filed to have Andrea Reeb, who serves as a prosecutor and as a state lawmaker, disqualified from the case, calling her involvement “unconstitutional”.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“Doing so vests two core powers of different branches — legislating and prosecuting — in the same person and is thus barred by the plain language of Article III of the New Mexico Constitution.”This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
He said in a statement: “This decision distorts Halyna Hutchins’ tragic death and represents a terrible miscarriage of justice. Mr. Baldwin had no reason to believe there was a live bullet in the gun — or anywhere on the movie set. He relied on the professionals with whom he worked, who assured him the gun did not have live rounds.”His attorney added: “We will fight these charges, and we will win.
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