Luigi Mangione prosecutors can use gun and notebook as evidence, judge rules

The judge overseeing the New York state murder trial of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, ruled Monday that prosecutors can use as evidence a gun and a notebook previously described as a “manifesto.”State Judge Gregory Carro’s ruling effectively rejected the defense team’s argument that those items were seized illegally, delivering a partial victory to prosecutors

The judge overseeing the New York state murder trial of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, ruled Monday that prosecutors can use as evidence a gun and a notebook previously described as a “manifesto.”

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State Judge Gregory Carro’s ruling effectively rejected the defense team’s argument that those items were seized illegally, delivering a partial victory to prosecutors.

Luigi Mangione appears in court in New York last year.Shannon Stapleton / AFP - Getty Images fileHowever, Carro said prosecutors cannot admit other items found during an initial search of Mangione’s backpack when he was arrested at a McDonald’s restaurant in Pennsylvania two years ago, including a loaded magazine, a cellphone, a passport, a wallet and a computer chip.