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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b010e8afa7f59c119c995d75f3dd4a22" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>Judge in NY state case suppressed key evidence in Luigi Mangione murder trial including most of the items found in his backpack, citing &#8216;illegal search and seizure&#8217;, during arrest of suspect</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8308f001f2a8cae5f071bf3da49b5a84" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>Jurors will still be allowed to view contents of Mangione&#8217;s notebook where he allegedly wrote that he wanted to &#8216;whack&#8217; a senior figure in the health insurance industry, as well as the weapon at his murder trial </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-25e01904beedcb0d25075112e9582fae" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>However, other items recovered during his arrest, such as a magazine of bullets wrapped in underwear, a cellphone, passport and wallet will not go before the jury </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a47a91b79de8d1f53a7a5d2d5f0ad13c" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>Mangione, 28, is on trial for the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson outside a hotel in Manhattan on December 4, 2024 </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ed12462ab24f8352c153d7ec4d8c570e" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong>State of NY charged Mangione with second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon and possession of a forged instrument, <strong>Mangione, </strong>28, has pled not guilty </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0af2dc53ed997ca893c962b27b7dd359" style="color:#200606;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>Mangione who faces 25 years to life if he is convicted on state charges, <strong><strong>also faces federal murder and weapons possession charges with the potential of capital punishment</strong> </strong> </strong></strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Luigi Mangione, photo],<strong> is on trial for the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson outside a hotel in Manhattan in December 202</strong>4. On Monday a judge ruled on whether key evidence from his arrest can be shown to jurors</strong></p>



<p>High profile murder suspect, Luigi Mangione, scored a partial victory on Monday after a judge in a New York threw out some of the key evidence recovered during his arrest &#8211; but jurors will still be allowed to see his alleged &#8216;manifesto&#8217; and weapon at his murder trial. <br>The mixed ruling is both a win and a setback for Mangione in his New York state case over the alleged fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson.<br>The 59-year-old father of two, was fatally shot by a masked figure outside the Hilton hotel in Manhattan on December 4, 2024, as he was headed for an industry conference. <br>The state charged Mangione an Ivy League educated 28-year-old from from Baltimore, Maryland, with second-degree murder, multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon and the possession of a forged instrument in the assassination of Thompson. <br>Mangione has pled not guilty to all charges. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson [photo], 59, was shot and killed outside the Hilton Hotel in <strong>Manhattan, NYC,</strong></strong> <strong>as he arrived early for a meeting in December 2024</strong></p>



<p>Late last year, Judge Carro held a nine-day hearing to determine what evidence could be allowed after Mangione&#8217;s lawyers argued that his constitutional rights against illegal search and seizure were violated.<br>Police found a notebook in Mangione&#8217;s backpack, in which he allegedly wrote that he wanted to &#8216;whack&#8217; a senior figure in the health insurance industry. During a hearing at Manhattan Supreme Court on Monday, Judge Gregory Carro ruled the notebook can be introduced at trial. <br>Prosecutors will also be allowed to introduce into evidence the 9mm &#8216;ghost gun&#8217; &#8211; the alleged murder weapon.<br>However, other items recovered during his arrest, such as a magazine of bullets wrapped in underwear, a cellphone, passport and wallet will not go before the jury.<br>He is due to go on trial in September for the state case.<br>Mangione also faces murder and weapons possession charges in a separate federal case, scheduled to go begin next year once the state matter is concluded.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Thompson was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan by a masked gunman, ahead of a work conference. The masked figure who assassinated the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, one of the largest medical insurers in the country, cops said is Luigi Mangione</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>NYPD officers converged on the street in Manhattan where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down on his way to a conference in 2024</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Judge Gregory Carro, who is presiding over the case, ruled that prosecutors will be able to present the 3D-printed &#8216;ghost gun&#8217;, [image], allegedly found in Mangione&#8217;s possession during his arrest, as evidence to the jury</strong></p>



<p>In claiming that their client&#8217;s constitutional rights against illegal search and seizure were violated, the defense team argued that police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, did not have a warrant to search Mangione when he was arrested at a McDonald&#8217;s in the town five days after the December 4 shooting.<br>Among the contents of the bag was a red notebook, which prosecutors called a &#8216;manifesto&#8217; while Mangione&#8217;s lawyers have referred to it as a &#8216;journal.&#8217;<br>The not insignificant contents of the notebook includes a statement from October 2024, in which Mangione stated that he wanted to &#8216;whack&#8217; the chief executive of an insurance company at its annual &#8216;bean counter conference&#8217;.<br>Six weeks later, Thompson was shot outside the Hilton Midtown during a UnitedHealthcare conference.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Mangione on Monday, [photo], pled not guilty to second degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon, and possession of a forged instrument. He faces 25 years to life if he is convicted on state charges, in addition to federal murder and weapons possession charges with the potential of capital punishment</strong></p>



<p>During Monday&#8217;s hearing, Judge Carro told the court that police officers in Altoona conducted an &#8216;improper, warrantless search&#8217; of Mangione at the local McDonald&#8217;s, where he was arrested.<br>As a result, items allegedly recovered during that search, including a magazine of bullets, a cellphone, passport and wallet, will not be allowed in as evidence.<br>However, the judge found that once Mangione was taken to the police station, officers carried out a &#8216;valid inventory search&#8217;, the judge said.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong><strong>Prosecutors said that after the murder, Luigi Mangione fled New York and was arrested five days later at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, 200 miles away from the crime scene</strong></strong></p>



<p>That means the 9mm gun, silencer and the manifesto, which were discovered at the police station, will be allowed to be presented at trial. <br>The judge also ruled that any statements made by Mangione before he was technically in custody were not admissible.<br>Judge Carro said the cutoff was eight minutes after the first officers spoke to him.<br>Up until that point, Mangione admitted to one cop that he should not have given him a fake ID with the name &#8216;Mark Rosario&#8217; on it.<br>That admission will not be allowed as evidence, the judge ruled.<br>Monday&#8217;s hearing drew a crowd of supporters of Mangione outside the courthouse. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong><strong>After Thompson was fatally shot in the chest at 6:45am that December morning, NYPD officers descended on the Hilton and launched a manhunt for a suspect seen speeding off on a bike </strong></strong></p>



<p>According to prosecutors, a journal entry from October 2024 allegedly described the investor conference as &#8216;a true windfall.&#8217; <br>The journal stated: &#8216;It embodies everything wrong with our health system&#8217;. <br>In another entry from August 2024, Mangione allegedly wrote: &#8216;I finally feel confident about what I will do. The details are coming together.<br>&#8216;And I don&#8217;t feel any doubt about whether it&#8217;s right/justified. I&#8217;m glad, in a way, that I&#8217;ve procrastinated bc it allowed me to learn more about (UnitedHealthcare).<br>&#8216;The target is insurance. It checks every box.&#8217;</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>CCTV footage release by NYPD at the time showed the figure believed the shooter, leaving the scene with a backpack on a bike </strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Prosecutors have described as a &#8216;manifesto&#8217; and was found in Mangione&#8217;s backpack, can also be introduced at trial. Above, evidence recovered by police in Central Park during the investigation</strong></p>



<p>Police who arrested Mangione said that the bullets in the magazine convinced them he was the killer.<br>According to prosecutors, the bullets used to kill Thompson had the words &#8216;delay&#8217;, &#8216;deny&#8217; and &#8216;depose&#8217; written on them in reference to the language used to deny health insurance claims.<br>Mangione recently caught a break in the separate federal case, which is taking place in New York in a courtroom a few blocks from the state court.<br>US District Judge Margaret M. Garnett dismissed four of the federal counts, including murder through the use of a firearm and a related firearms offense.<br>Critically, the dismissal of the murder charge meant Mangione is no longer eligible for the death penalty.<br>Mangione still faces two counts of interstate stalking, which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.<br>Mangione is currently being held at the grim Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal prison in Brooklyn whose previous inmates included R. Kelly and Diddy.<br>Ahead of his hearing on Monday, Judge Garnett ordered the Bureau of Prisons to make sure Mangione could wear civilian clothes.<br>She said that he has to be given a suit, one shirt, a pair of socks and a pair of shoes, but no laces.</p>

‘illegal search and seizure’… Judge suppresses key evidence in Luigi Mangione trial for killing insurance CEO, including contents of his backpack, but weapon and ‘manifesto’ expressing intent are in
