Overview
- Luigi Mangione’s attorneys filed a motion in Manhattan federal court seeking dismissal of the murder‑with‑a‑firearm count, arguing the predicate stalking charges are not legally “crimes of violence.”
- The filing also asks the judge to suppress Mangione’s statements and items seized at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, claiming he was questioned without Miranda warnings and that police searched his backpack without a warrant.
- Prosecutors say the bag contained a homemade gun, ammunition and other materials, evidence the defense argues was unlawfully obtained and should be excluded from any federal trial.
- The death-penalty exposure hinges on linking the killing to a qualifying crime of violence, a threshold the defense says recent court rulings have narrowed in ways that undermine the government’s theory.
- Prosecutors are due to respond in November, a federal hearing is set for Dec. 5, and the state case continues after a judge tossed terrorism counts in September while leaving a second‑degree murder charge; Mangione has pleaded not guilty and remains held without bail.