The man accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown hotel a year ago will be back in court this week as his lawyers ask a Manhattan judge to toss out evidence in the case.

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione argue police officers did not read Mangione his Miranda rights and did not have a proper warrant when they interrogated him and searched his backpack at a Pennsylvania McDonalds last December. Police say a gun, a notebook, and electronics recovered from the backpack tie the 27-year-old to Thompson's shooting.

Prosecutors maintain that police did nothing wrong.

Mangione faces state and federal murder charges. He could be sentenced to life in prison if he’s convicted in the state case. Prosecutors in the federal case are seeking the death penalty . He has p

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