Luigi Mangione appeared in New York state court in Manhattan on Tuesday, as part of a pretrial court hearing for charges brought against him in the Dec. 4, 2024, murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, who has pleaded not guilty to all state and federal charges against him, had his last state court appearance in February.

During the hearing, Mangione’s terrorism charges were dismissed, with Judge Carro ruling the evidence as “legally insufficient.” Mangione will still face second-degree murder charges. And though his lawyers, led by Karen Friedman Agnifilo, wanted to have the state indictment entirely dismissed because of the simultaneous federal case against him, Carro ruled that any claim of double jeopardy is too premature.

Mangione’s motion to delay the state cas

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