Alec Baldwin faces reduced prison sentence after charge dropped in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting

Alec Baldwin won a key legal battle Monday that saw one of his charges over the deadly shooting of Halyna Hutchins dropped — drastically reducing the potential prison time he is facing.

The Santa Fe County district attorney filed paperwork Monday that dropped a firearm enhancement charge against both the “30 Rock” star and the rookie film-set armorer charged alongside him.

Without it, that means he faces a maximum of 18 months in prison for manslaughter — down from the five years he’d faced before.

Lawyers for Baldwin, 64, had earlier argued that the charge was “unconstitutional” because it was based on a New Mexico law passed after the deadly October 2021 shooting on the set of “Rust.”

“The prosecutors committed a basic legal error by charging Mr. Baldwin under a version of the firearm-enhancement statute that did not exist on the date of the accident,” his team’s earlier filing said.

Heather Brewer, a spokesperson for the district attorney, confirmed to Fox News Digital that the enhancement was removed “in order to avoid further litigious distractions by Mr. Baldwin and his attorneys.”

“The prosecution’s priority is securing justice, not securing billable hours for big-city attorneys,” Brewer said in a scathing statement.

The reduced charge also applies to Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the rookie armorer responsible for weapons on the doomed set who was charged alongside Baldwin.

Her attorney, Jason Bowles, told the New York Times that the decision “reflected good ethical standards and was correct on the facts and law.”

This is a developing story.