Luigi Mangione’s lawyers ask New York court to drop state case after federal guilty plea
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On Friday Luigi Mangione’s lawyers filed again to dismiss state murder and weapons charges after he pleaded guilty on 14 August to two federal stalking counts in the 4 December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel. The plea came less than a month before a state trial set for 8 September. They argue New York law forbids a second prosecution for the same act, unlike the US rule that allows separate federal and state cases.
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