Luigi Mangione appears in the New York State Court for a status hearing at the CEO of United Killing

By Emma Tucker, Lauren del Valle and Kara ScannellCNN

Luigi Mangione, a murderer accused of the CEO of Insurance of the United States.
Photo: AFP / Steven Hirsch

Luigi Mangione, the 26 -year -old man accused of killing the CEO of Unitedhealthcare, Brian Thompson, in a busy sidewalk from Manhattan, appeared in the court for a status hearing on Friday (local time) in New York City.

Mangione arrived with his hands and chained ankles, wearing a bulletproof vest on a green sweater, which coincides with many of his followers inside and outside the courtroom, which also dressed green. Judge Gregory Caro denied a request from one of Mangione’s lawyers to eliminate the shackles.

The 26 -year -old declared himself innocent of state positions, but has not yet submitted a federal murder statement related to Thompson’s murder while the executive walked to the hotel that welcomed the annual conference of Inverters of UnitedHaalthcare in the center of Manhattan on December 4.

The prosecutors reviewed the evidence that they have delivered to the defense, including the images of the police chamber, the police reports, the surveillance videos, the data of a cell phone in the crime scene, reports the autopsy, the files Forens of medical examiners and forensic DNA Test materials. More materials should still be delivered to Mangione’s legal team, prosecutors said.

Judge Carro scheduled the next Mangione hearing for June 26 and established a schedule for his legal team to present motions about objections of his defense.

Karen Friedman Agnifilo, one of Mangione’s lawyers, said she is mainly focused on ongoing conversations with federal prosecutors who have not decided whether to look for the death penalty and wants access to all discovery materials before she presents motions.

“There are three separate prosecutions on an event,” Agnifilo said, referring to the Federal, the state of New York and Pennsylvania, against his client.

He also said he believes that Mangione’s constitutional rights were violated when the officers took their belongings during their arrest in Pennsylvania.

She plans to challenge some of the evidence taken by the police at that time. “I think there is a very, very serious search problem in this material,” he said. “There may be evidence that it could be suppressed in this case.”

The defense lawyer also complained that he has limited access to Mangione, who is being held at a federal detention center in Brooklyn while he waits for the trial.

Luigi Mangione, a murderer accused of the CEO of Insurance of the United States.
Photo: AFP / Steven Hirsch

Friday’s audience attracted dozens of followers and observers, a reflection of the public fascination with the murderer and the mangrary itself. Agnifilo was received with applause and cheers when he reached the court.

The signs of sympathy and support for Mangione splashed the scene outside the courtroom on Friday morning. In the hours before the audience, dozens of people aligned for the opportunity to observe the procedures, and the supporters stirred the signs of reading “Luigi free” and “Medical attention is a human right.” The CEO posters of other important medical care corporations appeared near the court, with the word “sought” stamped on an image of each executive.

Within the court, the possible assistants, many of them young, packed the hall, some looked free “luigi” clothes.

Friday’s hearing took place in the same court of the court where President Donald Trump faced a criminal trial in a case of money in silence last year.

A Grand Jury of Manhattan has accused Mangione with an accusation of 11 positions, which includes a first -degree murder charge and two second -degree murder positions, along with other positions of weapons and forgery.

The first degree murder position alleges that he killed the Executive “in the promotion of an act of terrorism”, which is legally defined as an intention to intimidate or force the civilian population or a government unit. One of the second -degree positions also alleges that Mangione committed a murder “as a crime of terrorism.”

He faces a life sentence without the possibility of probation if he is declared guilty, according to the Manhattan district prosecutor.

Prosecutors have argued that Mangione expressed hostility towards the health insurance industry and rich executives, a relatively conventional position in modern American politics.

Luigi Mangione’s chained feet, a murderer accused of the United States insurance CEO, Brian Thompson, are seen when he attends a hearing in the Supreme Court of Manhattan in New York City.
Photo: AFP / Steven Hirsch

The public was captivated by a week’s humanity for the alleged murderer of Thompson, who ended when a client and a worker in a Mangión de Pennsylvania McDonald’s informed the police.

When Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania, the researchers supposedly found in him the false identification used by the suspect, the weapon they believe was used in the shooting and a “claim of liability” written by hand “, the authorities said.

A first -degree murder charge is rare in New York because it requires special elements related to the crime to be accused.

According to state law, first -degree murder only applies to a limited list of aggravating circumstances, even when the victim is a judge, a police officer or a first responder, or when the murder implies a murder for rent or an intention of committing terrorism.

“This was a terrifying, well -planned and objective murder that was intended to cause shock, attention and intimidation,” said District Prosecutor Alvin Bragg in December.

Mangione was first arrested and taken to federal custody, but since then they have said that their state trial will proceed first.

At his hearing of the State Court in December, Agnifilo, Mangione’s lawyer, expressed concern about his client’s ability to obtain a fair trial, specifically citing the presence of Mayor Eric Adams among the dozens of officials of the strongly armed law , since it was extradited to Bajo Manhattan of Pennsylvania.

“He is a young man and is being treated as a human ball from Ping Pong by two jurisdictions at war,” he said. “They treat it as a human show.”

The judge told Agnifilo that his client’s trial would be fair, and added: “We will carefully select a jury.”

Mangione launches the first statement after bars

The researchers in New York say that Mangione, a former Valedictorian and Ivy League of high school born in a well -off family, seemed to be promoted by anger against the health insurance industry and “corporate greed”, according to a New York Police Department. Intelligence report obtained by CNN.

Mangione has received broad public support, from offers to help pay their legal invoices to prolonged applause to the mention of his name in a comedy in “Saturday Night Live”.

The murder of Thompson, a husband and father of two children, unleashed what some observers describe as the anger and frustration of the Americans with the nation’s health insurance industry.

Mangione published his first prison statement last week on a new website created and linked by his lawyers in the agnifilo intrater law firm.

“I am overwhelmed by, and grateful for, all those who have written me to share their stories and express their support,” says Mangione’s statement.

“Powerfully, this support has transcended political, racial and even class divisions, since mail has flooded MDC throughout the country and worldwide. While it is impossible for me to respond to most letters, know that I read Each one who receives, “the statement continued.

The website was created to help keep the public informed about their updates from New York cases, he says.

Mangione could face the death penalty in the federal case

The federal criminal complaint accuses Mangione of murder by using a firearm, two charges of harassment and a crime of firearms. His next judicial hearing for federal positions is scheduled for March 19, according to his lawyers.

The writings were not exposed in a notebook found in the possession of Mangione, the authorities said, helped the investigators build the federal case against them, a well -planned homicide that involves the stalking of the movements of their alleged victim.

An entry dated August 15, says: “The details finally join,” according to the federal complaint without sealing in December. “I’m glad, in a way, that I have postponed,” Mangione supposedly wrote, saying that he gave him time to learn more about the company he was pointing at, whose name was written by prosecutors.

He could face the death penalty if he declares himself guilty of the position of federal murder, while state charges have a maximum perpetual chain penalty without the possibility of probation.

Prosecutors have not indicated if they will seek the death penalty, and the decision would finally need to be approved by the Attorney General of the United States.

Earlier this month, Mangione reinforced his legal team by adding Avraham Moskowitz, an experienced lawyer in cases of death penalty. Moskowitz has represented more than 50 accused accused in eligible cases for the death penalty in New York, according to Judicial Presentations and lawyers of Mangione.

The private practice lawyer will work as a specialist in Mangione’s main lawyer, AGNIFILO. “The charges could not be more serious and our client needs all the resources at your disposal to combat these unprecedented positions in three jurisdictions,” said a spokeswoman for the agnifilo intrater law firm in a statement.

New York federal defenders recommended Moskowitz to join as “erudito lawyer”, or a lawyer with a deep experience in this area of ​​highly specialized law, a common practice in cases eligible for the death penalty.

– CNN