Luigi Mangione confirmed no emotion in courtroom as prosecutors performed surveillance movies displaying the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City sidewalk final yr and Mangione’s arrest 5 days later at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania.
The movies, together with footage from the restaurant beforehand unseen by the press or the general public, kicked off the listening to in Mangione’s battle to bar proof from his state homicide trial, together with the gun prosecutors say matches the one used within the December 4, 2024, assault. Thompson was killed as he walked to a Manhattan lodge for his firm’s annual investor convention.
Luigi Mangione, centre, seems in courtroom for an proof listening to in New York in a single day.Credit: AP
Mangione, 27, pressed a finger to his lips and a thumb to his chin as he watched footage of two law enforcement officials approaching him as he ate breakfast on the McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 370 kilometres west of Manhattan.
He gripped a pen in his proper hand, making a fist at occasions, as prosecutors performed a 911 name from a McDonald’s supervisor relaying issues from prospects that Mangione seemed just like the suspect in Thompson’s killing.
Among the proof Mangione’s defence group needs excluded are the 9mm handgun and a pocket book – the so-called manifesto – during which prosecutors say he described his intent to “wack” a medical insurance government. Both had been present in a backpack Mangione had with him when he was arrested.
Mangione’s legal professionals contend that the Manhattan district lawyer’s workplace needs to be prevented from displaying the gun, pocket book and different gadgets to jurors as a result of police didn’t have a search warrant.
Mangione, the Ivy League-educated scion of a rich Maryland household, has pleaded not responsible to state and federal homicide expenses. The state expenses carry the potential for life in jail, whereas federal prosecutors are looking for the loss of life penalty.
Neither trial has been scheduled but. The subsequent listening to within the federal case is scheduled for January 9.
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