Santa Fe, NM – A state district judge from New Mexico that presided over the broadly publicized trial of the actor Alec Baldwin For a fatal film set you are preparing to retire from the bank.
Court administrators announced the next retirement of Mary Marlowe Sommer on Thursday. He will resign at the end of May after 15 years in the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She served as the main judge of the 2019 district to 2022.
His decades also includes work as a legal secretary, Defensor Fiscal, Assistant Attorney General and a hearing officer who has handled thousands of cases involving domestic violence and family issues.
Marlowe Sommer said it has been an honor and a privilege to serve, but that it is time to get away from what she called “the agitated schedule of the judicial business.”
“During my time in the bank, I have admired and deeply appreciated those who work so hard every day to ensure that the Court delivers fair and timely justice to which people are entitled in our legal system,” he said in a statement.
Last summer, Marlowe Sommer dismissed an involuntary homicide charge Against Baldwin in the death of the director of photography of October 2021 Halyna Hutchins during an essay for the “Rust” film in a filming ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe.
Baldwin, the main actor and co -producer, was pointing a gun to Hutchins when he shot, killing Hutchins and the wound director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said that he removed the hammer, but not the trigger, and the revolver shot.
The trial was overturned by the revelations that the ammunition were brought to the Sheriff’s Office of Santa Fe County by a man who said he could be related to the murder of Hutchins. Prosecutors said they considered that ammunition is not related and unimportant, while Baldwin’s lawyers say the investigators “buried” evidence in a separate case folder and presented a successful motion to dismiss the case.
Baldwin then presented a Civil demand by malicious prosecution and violation of civil rights.
Separately, the shooting led to an involuntary conviction of involuntary homicide against the film weapons supervisor Hannah Gutiérrez-Reed. Marlowe Sommer also presided over that case.
The current main judge Bryan Biedscheid said Marlowe Sommer has served with distinction, integrity and unwavering commitment to the rule of law.
In total, court administrators say that Marlowe Sommer has presided over about 21,600 cases during her mandate, starting with family, abuse and negligence, and cases of youth crime. He began to assume criminal cases in 2012, being the most notable that of Baldwin and Gutiérrez-Reed.
He also presided over the cases of child sexual abuse of former teacher Gary Gregor, and Jeannine Jaramillo’s trial, who killed a police officer and retired to firefighter during an incorrect accident when trying to avoid the police.
The Marlowe Sommer term expired in 2028. A Judicial Nomination Commission will consider applicants for vacancy and recommend an appointment to comply with the rest of the term.
