NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione is anticipated to seem on Monday in a Manhattan courtroom for his arraignment on state homicide and terror prices within the deadly capturing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
He’s dealing with 11 prices, together with first-degree homicide in furtherance of terrorism. The arraignment is anticipated to be presided over by Choose Gregory Carro.
A Manhattan grand jury upgraded prices towards Mangione, 26, final week to incorporate first-degree homicide in furtherance of terrorism.
He’s additionally charged in New York with two counts of second-degree homicide, one in all which is charged as killing as an act of terrorism; two counts of felony possession of a weapon within the second diploma; 4 counts of felony possession of a weapon within the third diploma; one rely of felony possession of a weapon within the fourth diploma; and one rely of felony possession of a cast instrument within the second diploma.
He faces a most sentence of life in jail with out parole if convicted of the state prices.
There may be additionally a federal case towards Mangione that’s operating concurrently, wherein one of many prices, homicide by means of use of a firearm, would make Mangione eligible for the dying penalty if he is convicted.
Each circumstances are along with the costs introduced towards Mangione in Pennsylvania, the place he was arrested and the place he faces prices together with forgery and possession of an unlicensed firearm.
Mangione was transported to New York on Dec. 19 after waiving his proper to an extradition listening to that morning in courtroom in Blair County, Pennsylvania.
Upon his arrival in New York, Mangione was positioned below arrest by federal authorities.
Protection lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo mentioned Mangione wouldn’t initially contest pretrial detention, and he was taken into police custody.
Mangione then made his preliminary look in Manhattan federal courtroom the identical day, hours after the unsealing of a felony criticism charging him with stalking and murdering Brian Thompson. He didn’t enter a plea.
Agnifilo mentioned her shopper was ready to seem in state courtroom and mentioned the federal prices have been sprung on them.
“This can be a extremely uncommon scenario we discover ourselves in,” Agnifilo mentioned. “I’ve by no means seen something like that.”
She mentioned the theories of the 2 circumstances look like in battle, noting the state case accused Mangione of terrorizing a gaggle of individuals whereas the federal case accused him of stalking a person.
The decide advised the events to confer.
Danielle Filson, a spokesperson for Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg, mentioned this week that “the state case will proceed in parallel with any federal case.”
Mangione’s subsequent scheduled courtroom date for his federal case is Jan. 18.
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