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Judge Weighs Key Evidence in Mangione Case as Pretrial Hearing Opens

The court is weighing the admissibility of a pistol, a notebook, plus bodycam footage.

Overview

  • In a Manhattan hearing Monday, prosecutors played surveillance of the December 2024 shooting and bodycam video of Luigi Mangione’s arrest in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s.
  • Defense lawyers moved to suppress a 9 mm pistol and a notebook taken from Mangione’s backpack, arguing police searched without a lawful warrant.
  • Prosecutors asked the judge to admit the seized items, calling them central to tying Mangione to the killing and to supporting murder and weapons charges.
  • Mangione remains under strict detention, with a corrections officer testifying he recorded the defendant’s movements roughly seven times per hour during earlier confinement.
  • Mangione has pleaded not guilty as both federal and state cases advance, with terrorism and first‑degree murder counts dropped in September and the Justice Department seeking the death penalty.