NY Criminal Defense Attorney David Schwartz Talking About The Alec Baldwin Charges on CBS 2.

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IN YONKERS, ALECIA REID, CBS2
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NEWS.
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>>> ALEC BALDWIN COULD GET UP
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TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR THE
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MOVIE SET SHOOTING.
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THE ACTOR IS FACING CHARGES OF
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INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
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CBS2'S ALI BALLWIN .
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>> Reporter: THE SET WAS MADE
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TO LOOK LIKE THE WILD WEST BUT
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IT WAS AKIN TO THE REAL THING.
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>> IT WAS A FAST AND LOOSE AT
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THAT NOBODY WAS DOING THEIR
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JOB.
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>> Reporter: THE DA REVEALED
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SHE FOUND THERE WAS ENOUGH
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EVIDENCE TO CHARGE ALEC BALDWIN
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WITH TWO COUNTS OF FELONY
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INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
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THE ACTOR WAS REHEARSING A
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SCENE WITH CINEMATOGRAPHER
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HUTCHINS IN 2021, WHEN THE GUN
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FIRED ONSET, KILLING HUTCHINS.
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THIS IS WHAT BALDWIN TOLD
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DETECTIVES.
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TOLD
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DETECTIVES.
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>> Reporter: ALONG WITH
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BALDWIN, THE FILM'S WEAPON
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SPECIALIST WILL ALSO BE CHARGED
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WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHO HANDED
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BALDWIN THE GUN HAS AGREED TO
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PLEAD GUILTY TO NEGLIGENT USE
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OF A DEADLY WEAPON.
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>> THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE THAT
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HAD DONE THEIR JOB THERE DAY
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AND THIS WOULD NOT OF HAPPENED.
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>> Reporter: BALDWIN'S WIFE
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IGNORED CAMERAS OUTSIDE OF
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THEIR HOME ON THURSDAY.
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BALDWIN CLAIMED TO ABC NEWS HE
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DID NOT PULL THE TRIGGER.
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>> I FEEL THAT SOMEONE IS
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RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED
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AND I CANNOT SAY WHO THAT IS
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BUT I KNOW IT IS NOT ME.
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>> Reporter: HANNAHS ATTORNEY
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SAYS THAT SHE WILL BE EIGHT
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>> Reporter: WHAT HE THINKS THE
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ODDS ARE THAT ALEC BALDWIN SEES
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JAIL TIME AT THE END OF THIS?
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>> LOW.
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CERTAINLY NOT AN EASY CASE FOR
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PROSECUTORS.
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>> Reporter: THE SCREEN ACTORS
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GUILD DEFENDED BALDWIN, ARGUING
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THAT A ACTORS JOB IS NOT TO BE
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A FIREARMS EXPERT.
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BUT THE DA CLAIMS THAT HE IS
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CHARGED AS AN ACTOR AND A
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PRODUCER.
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>> HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE
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THAT SAFETY WAS AN ISSUE ONSET.
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>> Reporter: THE FAMILY OF
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HUTCHINS SAY THAT THEY SUPPORT
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THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND
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AGREED THAT CHARGES ARE
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WARRANTED.
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THE CHARGES WILL BE FILED BY
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THE END OF THE MONTH AND BALDWIN