Luigi Mangione New York murder trial postponed after guilty plea in federal case

Lawyers seek dismissal of state charges after Mangione pleaded guilty in federal case over Brian Thompson killing A New York state ⁠judge on Monday ⁠effectively ​postponed Luigi Mangione’s trial on murder and weapons charges over ⁠the 2024 killing of a health insurance company CEO, after Mangione pleaded ⁠guilty last week to separate federal charges. The ​trial had ‌previously been ‌scheduled to begin on 8 September. Mangione ‌has pleaded not guilty to the state charges. Mangione’s lawyers on Friday asked New York state justice Gregory Carro, who is overseeing the state case, ‌to dismiss the charges. They argued that Mangione should not have to ​be punished for the same conduct twice, under New York’s law prohibiting double jeopardy. In a brief written order on ⁠Monday, Carro gave prosecutors until 9 October ​to ​respond to Mangione’s ​motion. The judge set Mangione’s next ​appearance in ‌state court ​for ​10 December, meaning the trial will not go forward next month. Mangione, 28, confessed that he shot and killed Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, outside a New York City hotel on 4 December 2024. He suffered from severe back pain and, he told the court last week, had pr