Alec Baldwin‘s manslaughter case is finally over after special prosecutor Kari Morrissey announced she has withdrawn her appeal of a judge’s decision to dismiss the case.
The decision, announced on Monday, came after the state attorney general’s office said it “did not intend to exhaustively pursue the appeal on behalf of the prosecution.” The move officially concludes the case for Baldwin nearly three years after the accidental on-set shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins while filming the movie Rust .
Back in July, a New Mexico judge dismissed the single involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin over Hutchins’ death after the actor’s lawyers claimed prosecutors and investigators withheld evidence . The decision was upheld in October , but the special prosecutor handling the case said they planned to appeal. (The case was dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning Baldwin couldn’t be charged again if the appeal failed.)