Luigi Mangione is expected to appear in court in Manhattan on Monday to face state manslaughter and terrorizing charges in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
He faces 11 charges, including first-degree murder for promoting terrorism. Judge Gregory Carro is expected to preside over the trial.
Luigi Mangione sits between his defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo and her husband Marc Agnifilo during this courtroom sketch on Dec. 19, 2024 in New York City.
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A Manhattan grand jury last week renewed charges against Mangione, 26, for first-degree murder to promote terrorism.
He is also indicted New York with two counts of second-degree murder, one of which is charged with murder as an act of terrorism; two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree; four counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree; criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree; and one count of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.
He faces a maximum prison sentence without parole if convicted on the state charges.
People hold signs as Luigi Mangion, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson, agreed to be extradited from Pennsylvania outside a U.S. court in New York, Dec. 19, 2024.
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There is also a federal case against Mangione at the same time, and one of the charges, murder with a firearm, would make Mangione eligible for the death penalty if convicted.
The two cases are in addition to charges brought against Mangione in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested and charged with forgery and possession of a firearm without a license.
Mangione was transported to New York on Dec. 19 after waiving his right to an extradition hearing that morning in court in Blair County, Pennsylvania.
Upon arrival in New York, Mangione was arrested by federal authorities.
Agnifilo defense attorney Karen Friedman said Mangion initially would not contest the remand, and was taken into police custody.
Mangion made his initial appearance in Manhattan federal court on the same day, hours after the criminal complaint accusing him of stalking and killing Brian Thompson was unsealed. He did not enter a plea.
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson, arrives at a helicopter station after being extradited from Pennsylvania in New York, Dec. 19, 2024.
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Agnifilo said his client was ready to appear in state court and said the federal charges affected them.
“The situation we find ourselves in is very unusual,” Agnifilo said. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
He said the theories in the two cases conflict, with the state case accusing Mangione of terrorizing a group of people, while the federal case accused Mangione of harassing an individual.
The judge told the parties to settle.
Danielle Filson, a spokeswoman for Manhattan Attorney Alvin Bragg, said this week that “the state case will continue in parallel with any federal case.”
Mangion’s next scheduled court date for his federal case is Jan. 18.
