The CEO killing the suspect Luigi Mangione makes the first appearance in court from the reading of charges

New York (TNND) – The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of Unitedhealthcare, Brian Thompson, outside a hotel in New York City and leading the police in a five -day human hunt appeared in the court on Friday.

Luigi Mangione, 26, appeared for a hearing in the state court in Manhattan with his hands and feet chained and with a bulletproof vest. Judge Gregory Caro denied a request from one of Mangione’s lawyers to eliminate the shackles.

During the hearing, prosecutors and defense lawyers of Mangione provided updates on the state of the case. Prosecutors reviewed the evidence that they delivered to the defense that included elements such as images of the body chamber, police reports, surveillance video, cell phone data, forensic doctor files and DNA test materials.

After the brief hearing, Mangione’s lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, spoke with the press A Provide information about what happened in court, since no cameras were allowed at Friday’s audience.

Friedman Agnifilo opposed when the Prosecutor’s Office moved to establish preparations in movement in motion. The lawyer said that his priority remains in the case of a separate federal murder where Mangione faces the death penalty if he is convicted.

The lawyer expressed his frustration for the mangrary arrested in federal custody saying that he affects his ability to meet before and after the court. He also highlighted the treatment of the city to Mangione, particularly his arrival at the court in shackles, saying “I don’t understand what this danger shows.”

Friedman Agnifilo states that the defense team has not yet received police documents in New York, including detective reports. He also expressed concern about the possible search and seizure violations in the case of Pennsylvania de Mangione and said that the Department of Justice refused to transport Mangione to Altoona for his audience on February 24 to face charges there.

“I think there is a very serious search problem on this matter,” said Friedman Agnifilo.

The Pennsylvania audience for charges of having a firearm without a license, falsification and providing false identification to the police was canceled.

The lawyer also expressed his shock that a New York police officer and Mayor Eric Adams appeared in an HBO documentary about his case, saying that his right to a fair trial has been “infringed.”

I see the head of detectives and the mayor of New York City, full hair and makeup, sitting and giving an interview for television and talking about evidence. In the case of Luigi, talking about the police paperwork we do not have, speaking of forensics that we have not yet received. ”

Before their appearance in the Court, Mangione supporters filled the hall off the court of the court encouraging Mangione’s lawyer. Sing could be heard outside the court building, since supporters who were not allowed gathered inside.

Another video showed posters from other Medical Care CEO in a nearby park outside the court.

There was also a truck that interprets a message that said “Luigi for free” outside the court, as well as a projection next to a city building.

During its reading positions in December He declared himself innocent Killer and terror in the murder of December 4 of Thompson. He is accused of ambush and shooting the executive while walking towards an investor conference in the center of Manhattan.

A revealed federal complaint also accuses him of two positions of harassment and a murder charge through the use of a firearm and a crime of firearms.

The assassination by firearm could bring the possibility of the death penalty if the mangress is convicted while the maximum sentence by the state charges It is a prison life without probation. 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 will continue on parallel tracks, and state charges are expected to be first trial.

The commissioner of the New York Police Department, Jessica Tisch, revealed after her arrest in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on December 9 that the weapon found about him coincides with three shells Found in the crime scene and their digital footprints agreed with the researchers found in a bottle of water and a snack wrap.

An application newsletter obtained by Associated Press said that when he was arrested, he also carried a handwritten letter called to “parasitic” health insurance companies and complained about corporate greed.

Defensor lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo argued in her reading 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 .

Earl this month, Mangione accepted almost $ 300,000 of their alleged fans who helped raise funds for their legal defense.

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Editor’s note: Associated Press contributed to this article.