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Alec Baldwin trial temporarily put on hold

A judge put Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial temporarily on hold over claims from the actor's lawyers that the state withheld evidence that appeared in Thursday's testimony from a crime scene technician. Baldwin's team says the case should be dismissed because of that. Baldwin is charged in the 2021 shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the Western film set "Rust." Entertainment attorney Tre Lovell joined CBS News to discuss the trial.

Testimony underway in Baldwin's manslaughter trial

Opening statements and testimony began Wednesday in the New Mexico trial of actor Alec Baldwin, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western film "Rust." Baldwin was holding the prop gun when it fired the live round that struck Hutchins, but he has repeatedly maintained his innocence, saying he never pulled the trigger. Elise Preston has the latest.

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