Attorneys for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, dropped plans for a psychiatric defense in his state case on Thursday. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has the details. Source link
The abrupt reversal comes after a judge revealed lawyers planned to argue Mangione was experiencing emotional disturbance at the time of the killing. Source link
Luigi Mangione’s legal team said Thursday they are withdrawing a psychiatric defense in his New York state murder trial one day after telling the court they would use it. Mangione’s defense team argued Wednesday he was suffering an extreme emotional disturbance when he allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan in 2024. … Read more
Attorneys for Luigi Mangione are withdrawing his psychiatric defense in the state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, documents filed Thursday show. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The development comes one day after a judge said that the defense team was … Read more
CBS News legal contributor Caroline Polisi discusses the new defense strategy for Luigi Mangione’s New York state murder trial and what it could mean for the case. Mangione’s lawyers told a judge he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance when he allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Source link
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A state court hearing revealed Luigi Mangione’s lawyers will argue that he was suffering from an extreme emotional disturbance when he allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City in December 2024. Mangione was in a New York City courtroom Wednesday morning for a hearing regarding his state murder case. He also faces … Read more
Luigi Mangione will assert psychiatric defense in his state murder case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the judge overseeing case said at a hearing on Wednesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Mangione, 28, is facing state charges in connection with the fatal … Read more
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NEW YORK — A hearing in Luigi Mangione ’s state murder case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was held in secret Wednesday after the judge shut out the press and public without explanation. New York Judge Gregory Carro said he sealed the virtual proceeding at the request of the defense but provided … Read more