Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the weapons supervisor on the set of the Western film “Rust," center, speaks to Judge T. Glenn Ellington during her plea hearing at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Gabriela Campos/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey answers a question from Judge T. Glenn Ellington during the plea hearing for Hannah Gutierrez-Reeds, the weapons supervisor on the set of the Western film “Rust," at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Gabriela Campos/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

Jason Bowles, attorney for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the weapons supervisor on the set of the Western film “Rust," addresses Judge T. Glenn Ellington during Gutierrez-Reeds' plea hearing at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Gabriela Campos/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

Judge T. Glenn Ellington speaks to Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the weapons supervisor on the set of the Western film “Rust," and her lawyer Jason Bowles during a plea hearing at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Gabriela Campos/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the weapons supervisor on the set of the Western film “Rust," steps forward to address Judge T. Glenn Ellington during a plea hearing at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Gabriela Campos/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the weapons supervisor on the set of the Western film “Rust," right, sits beside paralegal Carmella Sisneros at the start of her plea hearing at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Gabriela Campos/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)