(NEW YORK) — Accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione returns to a Manhattan courtroom for a seventh day Friday as his lawyers work to get evidence excluded from his state murder case.

The marathon hearing will determine what evidence will used against him when he goes on trial on charges of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk last year.

On Thursday, two supervisory officers who were at the Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald’s where Mangione was apprehended five days after the shooting testified that police did not need a warrant to search his backpack.

“It’s a warrant exception in Pennsylvania,” Lt. William Hanelly testified. “Police can search the person and their items.”

The defense has questioned whether the Altoona officers overstepped their authority, c

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