A pretrial hearing on Luigi Mangione's bid to exclude evidence from his state murder case was postponed Friday because the defendant is sick, his lawyers and the judge said.

The hearing is slated to resume Monday.

Mangione is seeking to exclude a gun, notebook and other items police officers say they found in his backpack when he was arrested Dec. 9, 2024, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed in Manhattan. He and his lawyers are also trying to suppress some statements he made to police.

Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges. The hearing, which started Monday and could extend through the end of next week, applies only to the state case.

"Apparently the defendant is ill today," Judge Gregory Carro said, add

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