Judge allows key evidence in Luigi Mangione’s New York murder trial

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A New York state judge ruled Monday to allow key evidence to be used in the murder trial of Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing a healthcare company CEO in New York in December 2024.

Judge Gregory Carro of the New York State Supreme Court said prosecutors can use as evidence a gun found in Mangione’s backpack and notes detailing his frustrations with the healthcare industry.

Mangione faces trial in September on second-degree murder and other charges in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024. He was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after Thompson was killed.

Carro ruled that some of the evidence found in the search of the backpack – Mangione’s cellphone, passport, wallet and a computer chip – was unlawfully collected because Mangione was not in custody but did not have sufficient control over the backpack when it was taken and searched by authorities.