The criminal case against US actor Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting of a cinematographer at the set of “Rust” has been dismissed, a New Mexico judge said in a surprise announcement on Friday. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer granted a request by Baldwin’s lawyers to dismiss the proceedings after the Hollywood star’s defence team had accused the prosecution in Santa Fe of misconduct. Baldwin, who burst into tears when the decision was announced, left the courtroom as a free man briefly afterwards. The trial, which began on Tuesday, centred on the question of whether the fatal shooting of cinematog…