Lawyers for Luigi Mangione seek dismissal of his state murder case
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione seek dismissal of his state murder case, arguing his guilty plea to federal stalking charges two months ago bars a separate state trial under double jeopardy. In a filing, Mangione’s attorneys Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Marc Agnifilo and Jacob Kaplan said both cases involve the same firearm. Prosecutors argued the state indictment is a classic murder case.
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Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a court to dismiss his state murder and weapons case, arguing that his federal guilty plea to stalking charges bars a separate trial under double-jeopardy protections. Mangione pleaded guilty two months ago. In a letter to the court, attorneys Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Marc Agnifilo and Jacob Kaplan argued that the federal grand jury charged Mangione with possessing the same firearm at the same time and place as the state case alleges. They said the state and federal cases address the same harms. Prosecutors argued that the state indictment is a classic murder case, and that murder generally is not defined by federal statutes.
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NBC News reports that Mangione’s lawyers argue his federal guilty plea bars a separate state trial. CBS News independently reports that they are seeking dismissal of the state case on double-jeopardy grounds, citing a new court filing.