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On Luigi Mangione NYS Files Memo Against Suppression Feds Will not Appeal Death Penalty



On Luigi Mangione NYS Files Memo Against Suppression Feds Will not Appeal Death Penalty

by Matthew Russell Lee, Substack Book Patreon

SDNY COURTHOUSE, March 2 – Luigi Mangione was presented in Federal court on December 19 on four charges, one of them death penalty eligible, for the killing of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson. Inner City Press was there, covering the case toward a book.

On April 1 DOJ announced it would seek the death penalty against Mangione. But SDNY Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed the death eligible charges, and set an October 13 court date.

  After some push back, Inner City Press published a book Luigi Mangione Lone Wolf here, now Amazon here

More on X for Subscribers here and Substack here

  On February 6 NYS Justice Gregory Carro convened a hearing and, after a long whispered sidebar, announced that NY and he should go first, on June 8. Karen Friedman Agnifilo said that was too fast, and said she would raise double jeopardy.

Luigi Mangione while being led out said it's common sense, that's double jeopardy

February 6 extra on X for Subscribers here and Substack here

On February 9 Mangione's lawyers wrote to SDNY Judge Garnett, recounting what Justice Carro said and opposing it, promising another filing - this one on Patreon here

On February 27 after 5 pm the US Attorney's Office filed that "the Department of Justice will not seek interlocutory review of the Court’s Order entered that same day, (Dkt. 103), dismissing Counts Three and Four of the Indictment."  So which court will go first?

On March 2, the NY prosecutors filed their brief to Justice Carro, including "THE EVIDENCE RECOVERED FROM DEFENDANT’S BACKPACK AT THE ALTOONA STATIONHOUSE SHOULD NOT BE SUPPRESSED...Sergeant Heuston, Officer Featherstone, and Sergeant Burns properly completed the inventory search (70+ page memo on Patreon here

More on X for Subscribers here and Substack here

On February 3 Judge Garnett docketed it here scheduling order on Patreon here

In the state case late on December 2 Inner City Press emailed, then on December 3 faxed and hand-delivered, a letter asking to be heard and for unsealing, here.

On unsealing bid, more / extra on X for Subscribers here and Substack here

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