{"id":240933,"date":"2026-05-18T17:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/luigi-mangione-scores-partial-legal-victory-ahead-of-murder-trial-in-unitedhealthcare-ceo-case\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:09:09","slug":"luigi-mangione-scores-partial-legal-victory-ahead-of-murder-trial-in-unitedhealthcare-ceo-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/luigi-mangione-scores-partial-legal-victory-ahead-of-murder-trial-in-unitedhealthcare-ceo-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Luigi Mangione Scores Partial Legal Victory Ahead of Murder Trial in UnitedHealthcare CEO Case"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Luigi Mangione<\/strong><\/a> is back in court.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old, charged with murder in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson<\/strong><\/a> in 2024, appeared at an evidence suppression hearing on Monday (May 18) in Manhattan Supreme Court in New York City.<\/p>\n

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Judge Gregory Carro<\/strong>, who oversees the state murder trial, ruled that prosecutors can use a gun and notebook referred to as “manifesto” as evidence, rejecting the defense team\u2019s argument that those items were seized illegally, per NBC News.<\/a><\/p>\n

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However, the judge also ruled that they cannot admit other items found in his backpack search after being arrested at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania. Those items include a loaded magazine, a cellphone, a passport, a wallet and a computer chip. <\/p>\n

Judge Carro<\/strong> determined the officers did an \u201cimproper warrantless search\u201d in front of the public and the store’s employees.<\/p>\n

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The judge also determined a later search of the backpack at the Altoona police headquarters was \u201cvalid,\u201d resulting in the silencer and notebook taken in at the station.<\/p>\n

Scroll through to see all of the photos of Luigi Mangione in court on Monday, May 18…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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