A hearing focused on a defense effort to exclude evidence from Luigi Mangione's state murder trial just completed its second week — and revealed new details about his December 2024 arrest at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s.

Mangione, who is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024, faces New York state charges, including one count of second-degree murder, seven counts of various weapons charges, and one count of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument. Mangione was also charged with two federal counts of stalking, one count of murder through the use of a firearm, and one count of a firearms offense.

He has pleaded not guilty to nine state counts and four federal charges filed separately. The federal charges come with the possibility of

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