Mangione Seeks Dismissal of New York Murder Charges After 2 Federal Guilty Pleas
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 3
Mangione Seeks Dismissal of New York Murder Charges After 2 Federal Guilty Pleas
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 3
Summary
Mangione's lawyers asked Judge Gregory Carro to throw out New York murder charges, saying his federal guilty plea already put him in jeopardy for the same killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Their weekend filing argues dismissed federal gun counts still count as having been prosecuted and that stalking Thompson with intent to kill him addressed the same core harm as murder.
Manhattan prosecutors have urged the judge to keep the state case alive, contending Mangione was not prosecuted for the federal firearms offenses and that federal stalking and state murder target different harms.
The dispute turns on New York's stricter double-jeopardy law, which bars a second case unless prosecutors show the state charges address a different harm or evil than the federal offenses.