AlecBaldwin is seeking to have the prosecutor disqualified in the Rust shooting case
in the fatal shooting of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Baldwin’s lawyers argue that Reeb, a Republican representative, cannot hold the title of a state lawmaker and that of special prosecutor, because the state constitution’s separation of powers provision prohibits her from serving as a prosecutor and as a state lawmaker. “At the same time, allowing a single person to exercise both legislative and prosecutorial power could taint prosecutorial decision-making,” the motion argues. “A prosecutor who also serves as a legislator could face pressure to make prosecutorial decisions that serve her legislative interests, such as by prosecuting a prominent defendant associated with an opposing faction within the Legislature even in the face of conflicting evidence or law.
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