Luigi Mangione back in court on Monday for pre-trial hearing on evidence in CEO shooting case

New York– Luigi Mangione is due back in court on Monday for a key hearing about evidence that can be used in his case.

Last week, Mangione’s lawyers asked a judge to limit how certain evidence is discussed when the parties convene for a pre-trial hearing, to prevent the hearing from turning into a “public mini trial” that could adversely affect the accused killer.

Judge Gregory Caro has set aside several days, starting Monday, to hear arguments on whether certain evidence should be suppressed.

Mangione, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson, wants to prevent prosecutors from using the contents of a red notebook police said was recovered from her backpack when she was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

The defense also wants to withhold statements Mangione made to police, arguing in a court filing that “law enforcement has systematically and purposefully violated his constitutional rights by interrogating him without Miranda warnings in violation of the Fifth Amendment and illegally searching his property without a warrant in violation of the Fourth Amendment.”

In a letter Tuesday, Mangione’s lawyers asked the judge to prevent prosecutors from introducing the notebooks’ contents into evidence at the hearing, arguing that “doing so would make their contents public and would irreparably prejudice Mr. Mangione in his many upcoming trials.” The defense also sought to prevent witnesses from characterizing the articles as “manifestos”.

Many of Mangione’s writings are already public and police and prosecutors have pointed to them as they work to establish a motive.

An entry in the notebook states, “At last I feel confident in what I will do.” “The goal is insurance. It checks every box.”

The District Attorney’s Office has said that the Altoona Police Department acted legally when it seized Mangione’s property.

Defense attorneys said they intended to kill Altoona police Cpl. Is of. Garrett Trent and Patrolman Randy Miller. He asked the judge to force prosecutors to disclose the full list of witnesses.