Alec Baldwin says involuntary manslaughter charge enhancement is ‘unlawful’

Alec Baldwin says involuntary manslaughter charge enhancement is ‘unlawful’ (Ian West/PA)

Alec Baldwin has sought to have one of the charges of involuntary manslaughter, which could see him jailed for five years, thrown out by a US court.

Lawyers for the Hollywood actor argued that New Mexico prosecutors had committed an “unconstitutional and elementary legal error” by charging him under a statute that did not exist at the time of the fatal Rust shooting.