Luigi Mangione latest: Judge orders hearing over seizure of backpack

[ad_1] A federal decide on Monday modified her thoughts and determined there ought to be a listening to to find out whether or not Luigi Mangione’s backpack was lawfully seized and searched throughout his arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Choose Margaret Garnett mentioned she thought-about "each the arguments made by counsel" throughout a listening to on Friday and "the seriousness of the fees the Defendant is dealing with" in deciding to carry the evidentiary listening to after beforehand saying a listening to was pointless.

Luigi Mangione seems for a suppression of proof listening to within the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Legal Courtroom, December 18, 2025 in New York Metropolis.

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The temporary listening to ought to embody testimony from an Altoona police officer in regards to the division’s procedures for securing, safeguarding and inventorying the private property of an individual arrested in a public place, the decide mentioned. She famous that the witness didn't must be one of many dozen officers concerned in Mangione’s arrest.

A number of Altoona officers testified throughout a three-week listening to in state court docket the place Mangione is looking for to exclude proof police seized from his backpack, together with the alleged homicide weapon, a pocket book and writings.

Luigi Mangione seems throughout a pretrial suppression listening to in Manhattan Legal Courtroom in New York Metropolis, December 16, 2025.

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Protection attorneys are additionally making an attempt to remove these objects from the federal case, which may end in a doable dying sentence if Mangione is convicted. He has pleaded not responsible in each courts.