Alec Baldwin's "Rust" case has been dismissed with prejudice by the trial judge, meaning he cannot be retried for involuntary manslaughter.

SANTE FE, New Mexico — In a stunning turn of events, the judge in Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial dismissed the case Friday, agreeing with the actor's lawyers that prosecutors hid evidence that may have been linked to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie “Rust” in 2021.

In a surprise development, the judge in Alec Baldwin's manslaughter trial dismissed the case Friday, siding with his lawyers who argued the prosecution failed to turn over vital evidence to the case.

The dismissal comes after the defense team in Alec Baldwin's trial accused prosecutors of withholding evidence.

Baldwin faced 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter, but the trial has ended after just two full days.

Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter case has been dismissed, after the judge blasted prosecutors for failing to turn over a batch of bullets to the defense. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer threw out the case, ruling that no other sanction was sufficient.

Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” shooting trial was dismissed with prejudice Friday, after a judge ruled that prosecutors improperly withheld potential evidence from the defense team. One of the prosecutors “was aware of the new evidence and yet did not make an effort to disclose it to defense,

A New Mexico judge sent home jurors in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Alec Baldwin on Friday in a surprise move after lawyers for the actor sought dismissal of charges alleging police hid evidence of the source of the live round that killed "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021.