Luigi Mangione argues double jeopardy in bid to drop murder case, suppress evidence
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The attorney for suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione filed a new court motion seeking to have evidence suppressed and charges against her client dropped.
She claims that two police officers, who located the alleged murderer inside a McDonald's, "effectively had Mr. Mangione in custody" by blocking the exit to the restaurant while they questioned him, all before arresting him and reading him his Miranda rights. Luigi Mangione is confronted by Altoona, Pennsylvania police in a McDonald’s shortly before his arrest for allegedly murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Altoona Police Department) Luigi Mangione was captured in Altoona, Pennsylvania at a McDonald’s after allegedly murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Altoona Police Department) Luigi Mangione's attorneys are seeking to suppress evidence from his arrest at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania. (Altoona Police Department) Altoona, Pennsylvania police officers arrested Luigi Mangione at a McDonald's. (Altoona Police Department) Peter D'Abrosca joined Fox News Digital in 2025 after four years as a politics reporter at The Tennessee Star.
Friedman Angifilo argues that such questioning violated her client's Fifth Amendment rights, and thus, his statements made to those officers should be excluded from the trial. He grew up in Rhode Island and is a graduate of Elon University.
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