Mr. Mangione was denied bail for the second time on Tuesday after prosecutors said he was too dangerous to be released.
The judge then gave prosecutors 30 days to obtain a warrant from New York Gov. Cathy Hachul to secure his extradition to the state.
Hachul later said she would give one. “I will coordinate with the district attorney’s office and sign a gubernatorial warrant request to make sure this person is prosecuted and prosecuted,” she said.
Defense attorneys also have a two-week window to file motions opposing Mr. Mangione’s move to New York. The Pennsylvania state attorney described the issue as creating “more hoops … to jump through.”
Mr. Mangione looked around at the rows of reporters in court and occasionally smiled. At one point he interrupted his own lawyer, who quickly calmed him down.
That attorney, Thomas Dickey, spoke to reporters outside court after the hearing Tuesday afternoon. “You can’t rush to judgment in this or any other case,” he said. “He is considered innocent. Let’s not forget about it.”
In Pennsylvania, Mr. Mangione was charged with several misdemeanors, including fraudulent police identification and possession of an unlicensed firearm. He is being held in a Pennsylvania state prison and has pleaded not guilty.
He faces separate charges in New York, including murder, for the Dec. 4 killing of Mr. Thompson.
