Luigi Mangione was established for the first appearance in the Court since its reading positions in the death of the CEO of Unitedhealthcare

New York (AP)-the man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of Unitedhealthcare in New York City and the main authorities in a five-day human hunt are scheduled to be in court on Friday for the first time since his accusation in December of state murder and terrorist charges.

Luigi Mangione26, is scheduled for a state court in Manhattan. The prosecutors and defense lawyers of Mangione are expected to provide updates on the state of the case and Judge Gregory Carro could establish deadlines for paperwork prior to trial and possibly even a date of judgment.

Mangione declared innocent of multiple murder positions, including Murder as an act of terrorismIn the murder of December 4 by Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel. The executive was ambushed and shot on an sidewalk while walking towards an investor conference.

Mangione also faces federal charges That could carry the possibility of the death penalty. He is detained in a federal prison in Brooklyn along with several other high-profile defendants, including Sean “Diddy” and Sam Bankman-Frito.

Prosecutors have said that the two cases Continue on parallel trackswith the state positions that are expected to go to trial first. The maximum sentence for state charges is life imprisonment without probation. An audience of February 24 in Pennsylvania for charges of having a firearm without a license, the falsification of the false identification to the police was canceled.

In a statement published on a website for its legal defense, Mangione said: “I am overwhelmed by and grateful for all those who have written me to share their stories and express their support. Powerfully, this support has transcended political, racial and even class divisions. ”

Mangione was arrested in a McDonald’s penpow on December 9. Police said it was Carrying a gun That coincided with the one used in the shooting and a false identification. He also carried a notebook expressing hostility towards the health insurance industry and especially rich executives, authorities said.

Defensor lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo argued in her reading positions on December 23 that “jurisdictions at war” had turned Mangione into a “human ping-ping ball.”

He accused the mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, and with other government officials to contaminate the jury pool bringing Mangione to Manhattan in a choreographed show that involves heavily armed officers who accompanied him by a spring of a heliport .

Friedman Agnifilo highlighted Adams’s comment at a local television station that he wanted to be there to look at “he in the eye and say: ‘You carried out this terrorist act in my city’.”