Luigi Mangione will stand trial on murder and firearms charges in Manhattan state court on June 8, a judge said Friday morning.
The trial is slated to begin three months before a separate trial around the corner in federal court, where Mangione faces stalking charges.
Last week, the judge overseeing the federal case threw out the most serious charges against Mangione, which could have resulted in the death penalty if he were convicted. A state judge also dismissed terrorism-related charges against Mangione last year.
Mangione, a 27-year-old Ivy League graduate from the Baltimore suburbs, is accused of following UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson to New York City and shooting him to death outside a Midtown hotel in December 2024. The case has garnered international attention and stoked debates about America’s health insurance industry and corporate greed.
Mangione’s defense attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, told Judge Gregory Carro at Friday’s hearing that the June trial date would not leave her enough time to prepare for the case.
“Be ready,” Carro responded.
Carro added that both of Mangione’s cases had been simplified in recent weeks, as several charges against him have been dropped and he is no longer facing the death penalty.
Defense attorneys have argued in court papers that the state indictment against Mangione violates his rights because he is already facing prosecution for the same conduct in federal court.
The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution protects defendants in most cases from being prosecuted twice for the same crime, a concept known as double jeopardy. But defendants sometimes stand trial twice in separate cases in state and federal courts.
Mangione now faces state murder and criminal weapons possession charges, while in federal court he is accused of interstate stalking. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
As Mangione was escorted out of the courtroom Friday morning, the usually silent defendant shouted toward the audience that “one plus one equals two” and “this is double jeopardy,” according to media reports.
This story has been updated with additional information.
