Luigi Mangione trial: judge to rule on McDonald’s evidence exclusion

Luigi Mangione is expected to appear at Manhattan state court on Monday in advance of his highly anticipated trial for the murder of healthcare executive Brian Thompson on a New York City street.

Mangione will learn whether Judge Gregory Carro, presiding over the case, will exclude any prosecution evidence at his September 8 state criminal trial.

The defense has argued that police who arrested Mangione at an Altoona, Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Dec. 9, 2024, did not inform him of his constitutional rights.

Mangione’s lawyers contend that because he was not immediately apprised of his rights, statements he made to police should be barred from trial, and evidence from a warrantless search of his backpack at the restaurant should also be excluded.

Mangione is accused of shooting Thompson, the UnitedHealthcare CEO, outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4, 2024, prompting a massive manhunt that ended after an anonymous tipster spotted him at the McDonald’s.

Mangione also faces charges in Manhattan federal court, with that trial scheduled for January 2027; he has pleaded not guilty in both cases. Judge Carro on Sept. 16, 2025, dismissed the top two state charges — first-degree murder and second-degree murder as terrorism — but Mangione still faces nine counts including second-degree murder, punishable by 25 years to life in prison.