Alec Baldwin arrives for pretrial hearing over cinematographer fatal shooting

A New Mexico judge is setting the table for the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor AlecBaldwin, who arrived at court Monday over a fatal shooting...

A New Mexico judge is setting the table for the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor Alec Baldwin, who arrived at court Monday over a fatal shooting on the set of the Western movie "Rust."

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ruled that evidence won't be allowed at trial about Baldwin’s secondar role as a co-producer of the film, siding with defense attorneys.

"I’m having real difficulty with the state’s position that they want to show that as a producer he didn’t follow guidelines and therefore as an actor

Mr. Baldwin did all of these things wrong that resulted in the death of Ms. Hutchins because as a producer he allowed these things to happen,” Marlowe Sommer said. "I’m denying evidence of his status as a producer.”

Special prosecutor Erlinda Johnson argued unsuccessfully to allow evidence that Baldwin’s "role as a producer made him keenly aware of his responsibilities on set” for safety.