A protection lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the person charged with killing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, insists a police search and arrest inside a Pennsylvania McDonald’s late final 12 months had been unlawful.
Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a five-day manhunt for the suspect within the deadly capturing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson outdoors a New York Metropolis resort on Dec. 4.
In a courtroom submitting posted to the Pennsylvania courtroom docket Friday, Mangione’s Pennsylvania lawyer, Thomas Dickey, mentioned Mangione was by no means correctly learn his rights.
Luigi Mangione (C), accused killer of US insurance coverage CEO Brian Thompson, arrives for a listening to in New York Metropolis on Feb. 21, 2025.
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As a substitute, Dickey mentioned, officers from the Altoona Police Division “continued to interrogate and query the Defendant, with none studying of his Miranda Rights.”
The protection lawyer additionally mentioned Mangione was given “a specious and unreasonable” reply for why the officers approached him.
“At no time did the 2 officers point out that Defendant was free to go; nor did they clarify the explanations as to why Defendant was being detained; apart from that, he appeared suspicious and/or over stayed his welcome as a buyer at McDonalds,” Dickey wrote.
Luigi Mangione, the suspect within the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief govt Brian Thompson, seems in Manhattan Supreme Court docket on New York state homicide and terrorism costs in New York Metropolis, Feb. 21, 2025.
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In Pennsylvania, Mangione has pleaded not responsible to costs of forgery, possession of an instrument of a criminal offense and giving a false ID to an officer.
He has additionally pleaded not responsible to homicide costs in New York, a case that takes priority over the case in Pennsylvania, the place courtroom dates have been scrapped and no new dates set. Mangione additionally faces federal costs, together with a cost of homicide by means of the usage of a firearm, which makes him eligible for the dying penalty.
His New York lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, has additionally raised questions on Mangione’s remedy in Pennsylvania custody, arguing throughout a latest listening to that police physique digital camera footage signifies her shopper’s “constitutional rights had been violated.”
“I believe there is a very, very severe search situation on this matter, and there could be proof that’s suppressed,” Agnifilo mentioned.
