"Pre-trial proceedings in the state case against Mangione are set to begin Monday with his legal team's bid to block the Manhattan District Attorney's Office from using evidence seized during his arrest. That evidence includes a 9mm handgun prosecutors say matched the weapon used to fatally shoot Thompson nearly a year earlier. The gun was found in Mangione's backpack, along with a notebook in which prosecutors said the suspect described his frustration with the health insurance industry and his intent to wack a healthcare executive."
"the backpack was on a table over six feet away and Mr. Mangione was separated from this table by a wall of armed officers, she wrote. On body camera recordings from Mangione's arrest, an officer searching the backpack can be heard saying that she was checking the bag to guarantee there wasn't a bomb, but Mangione's legal team argued that police were simply making an excuse designed to cover up an illegal warrantless search of the backpack."
A defendant faces pre-trial state proceedings after being charged in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Prosecutors say a 9mm handgun matching the murder weapon and a notebook describing frustration with the health insurance industry and an intent to target a healthcare executive were found in the defendant's backpack. The backpack and items were discovered after an arrest at a Pennsylvania McDonald's less than a week after the killing. The defense argues the search of the backpack was warrantless and unconstitutional, citing lack of exigent circumstances and that the defendant was handcuffed and separated from the bag.
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