The criminal case against US actor Alec Baldwin stemming from a fatal shooting on the set of his movie Rust has ended, with a prosecutor dropping her appeal of the case's dismissal.
Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey withdrew that appeal, according to a statement on Monday from New Mexico's Frist Judicial District Attorney's office.
Baldwin's lawyers Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro said in a statement that "today's decision to dismiss the appeal is the final vindication of what Alec Baldwin and his attorneys have said from the beginning - this was an unspeakable tragedy but Alec Baldwin committed no crime".
A New Mexico judge had dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin in July...