Editor’s note: This is Day 2 of JURIST’s coverage of Mangione’s suppression hearings. Read Day 1 here .

On day two of the suppression hearings in the New York state case against Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting Brian Thompson, CEO of medical insurance company UnitedHealthcare, in December 2024, prosecutors devoted the day to a single witness: Altoona, Pennsylvania police officer Joseph Detweiler.

Mangione faces a nine-count indictment including second-degree murder, where he faces 25 years to life, and multiple weapons offenses. The defense is seeking to suppress key evidence, including items found during what they argue was a warrantless search of Mangione’s backpack at an Altoona McDonald’s, as well as statements Mangione allegedly made to law enforcement.

The almost

See Full Page