Luigi Mangione in NY state court this week to argue over backpack evidence

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Gothamist

Luigi Mangione in NY state court this week to argue over backpack evidence

{pivture}
Luigi Mangione attends a hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 21, 2025 in New York City.
Photo by Steven Hirsch - Pool/Getty Images

By Walter Wuthmann
Published Nov 30, 2025 at 11:01 a.m. ET

The man accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown hotel a year ago will be back in court this week as his lawyers ask a Manhattan judge to toss out evidence in the case.

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione argue police officers did not read Mangione his Miranda rights and did not have a proper warrant when they interrogated him and searched his backpack at a Pennsylvania McDonalds last December. Police say a gun, a notebook, and electronics recovered from the backpack tie the 27-year-old to Thompson's shooting. ... Prosecutors maintain that police did nothing wrong.

Mangione faces state and federal murder charges. He could be sentenced to life in prison if he’s convicted in the state case. Prosecutors in the federal case are seeking the death penalty. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Judge Gregory Carro could set a trial date in the coming days.

Suppression hearings are typically low-profile procedural affairs, but this week's sessions are expected to draw huge crowds to the Lower Manhattan courthouse. Mangione has become something of a folk hero to people frustrated by the American health insurance industry and enamored by his looks. Others, including President Trump, have painted him as a cold-blooded assassin. ... Legal experts say getting Carro to block certain evidence could be challenging.

{snip}

Read more: https://gothamist.com/news/luigi-mangione-in-ny-state-court-this-week-to-argue-over-backpack-evidence

[NotHardly]

1. Police do not follow the law in state of Trumpisms

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione argue police officers did not read Mangione his Miranda rights and did not have a proper warrant when they interrogated him and searched his backpack

What law? Oh, you mean like the Constitution? LOL, it's been recinded by Trump and the 6 SCt c*nts.

[Silent Type]

2. Since Luigi got insurance coverage, never had a denial, his beef was with docs, etc., I hope he gets what he deserves.

[GreatGazoo]

5. OJ got off in the criminal case because

the prosecutors beefed up evidence.

If defense NY vs Mangione can prove HIPAA violations, unlawful subpoena served on Aetna, etc. then Mangione could walk also. Of course OJ was rich and Mangione is not but this is a death penalty case so it includes automatic appeal and review.

https://www.businessinsider.com/aetna-mistakenly-revealed-luigi-mangione-medical-records-defense-2025-7

[Silent Type]

6. Not sure what a subpoena to Aetna would produce, other than he was never insured by United and no one

should believe he was or that he ever had a claim denied.

[twodogsbarking]

3. It is interesting to follow this, especially being familiar with where he was arrested.

We live at the circus of life.

[LudwigPastorius]

4. The dude wrote a three page manifesto basically saying the murder was a political statement.

...and now he wants to disavow the whole deal to try and save his skin?

Some "hero".