A New York court on Monday blocked prosecutors from using some evidence obtained from Luigi Mangione’s backpack in his upcoming murder trial.
Altoona, Pennsylvania, police unlawfully searched Mangione’s backpack without a warrant while questioning him at a McDonald’s in December 2024 over UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder that month in New York City, New York Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro said in a Monday ruling. The prohibited evidence includes a gun magazine, cellphone, passport, wallet and computer chip.
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Prosecutors can, however, use a journal found in the backpack at the police’s headquarters after his arrest, Carro ruled.
Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office and Mangione’s legal team did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s
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